Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shugabannin kiwon lafiya a arewacin Wales suna kira ga marasa lafiya da su sayi magungunan ciwo, magungunan laxatives da magungunan hay fever maimakon dogaro da takardun magani kyauta. Ana gaya wa marasa lafiya a cikin NHS na Welsh kada su yi amfani da magungunan da aka ba su kyauta saboda 'yan kwadago na' yan kwadago. Daruruwan dubban mutane da ke zaune a arewacin Wales an bukaci su a jiya kada su nemi likitocin su su rubuta magunguna don ƙananan gunaguni, kamar maganin ciwo, laxatives da maganin zazzabin hay. Maimakon haka, ana ƙarfafa marasa lafiya su 'kiyaye kansu' kuma su'sayi wasu kayayyaki masu sauƙi kuma marasa tsada a kantin magani don maganin ƙananan cututtuka.' Ana sanya takunkumin ne saboda "yanayin tattalin arziki" da kuma "dawo da rage kudade", in ji hukumar kiwon lafiya mafi girma a masarautar a jiya. Labour, wanda ke gudanar da Kula da Kiwon Lafiya a Wales sakamakon rarrabawa, ya rage kudaden kiwon lafiya da fiye da kashi 8 tun daga shekarar 2010. Amma a Ingila, inda NHS ke karkashin ikon Coalition, kashe kudi ya karu kadan a zahiri tun bayan zaben. Jaridar Daily Mail ta mai da hankali kan wasu illolin ragewa da suka hada da dogon jira na motar daukar marasa lafiya, mutane da yawa suna jira sama da awanni hudu a A&E fiye da Ingila, da rashin kula da cutar kansa <unk> tare da wasu marasa lafiyar Welsh da aka tilasta su matsa zuwa Ingila don samun magungunan cutar kansa. A watan Janairu an nuna matsin lamba a kan NHS na Welsh lokacin da matar wani ma'aikacin asibiti mai fushi ta buga hoton hoton aƙalla motar asibiti goma <unk> tare da motocin saurin amsawa guda uku <unk> suna jira a waje da Asibitin Morriston a Swansea don sauke marasa lafiya a sashen A&E da ke cike da damuwa. A daren jiya shugaban Welsh Conservatives, Andrew Davies, ya ce: 'Cuttan daji na Welsh Labour ga NHS ya zo a lokacin da aka kare kashe kuɗi a wasu sassan Ingila, tare da sakamako mai ma'ana. 'Ba wai kawai mun shaida kwanan nan mafi munin lokacin amsa motar asibiti ba tun lokacin da aka fara rikodin, karin marasa lafiya fiye da kowane lokaci suna jira sama da awanni 12 a A&E, da kuma marasa lafiyar cutar kansa na Welsh...
Hukumar kiwon lafiya ta Betsi Cadwaladr ta bukaci marasa lafiya da su sayi magungunan da ba a sayar da su ba. Tun daga 2007 ana ba da takardun kyauta kyauta a Wales a matsayin wani ɓangare na magani. Amma shugabannin kiwon lafiya sun ce marasa lafiya za su iya siyan magunguna a'mafi ƙarancin farashi', sau da yawa mafi arha fiye da yadda NHS za ta biya don samar da maganin. Magunguna sun haɗa da magungunan ciwo mai sauƙi, laxatives, da maganin hayfever.