TY - JOUR T1 - Done to a crisp JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 391 LP - 391 VL - 56 IS - 526 AU - Neville Goodman Y1 - 2006/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/56/526/391.abstract N2 - A sense of perspective is needed. When steroids were first used, in the early 50s, there was a worry that these wonder drugs would bankrupt the NHS. Nasty side-effects cut down the prescriptions and saved the NHS from too much financial embarrassment, but the principle remains, and the NHS has never, in all its nearly 60 years, managed to stay within budget. If its current overspend is about £800 million, that represents — to quote a posting to one of the internet medical discussion groups … ER -