By Emma Innes David Davies MP has accused the Welsh NHS of giving out Viagra 'like sweets' NHS doctors are wasting thousands of pounds by prescribing Viagra to patients who do not need it, an MP has warned. Patients with diabetes claim they are being given the drug even if they don't have erectile dysfunction. Tory MP David Davies accused the Welsh NHS of wasting public money by giving out Viagra ‘like sweets’. But the Welsh Government has hit back at the conservative politician claiming this is not true. Mr Davies said: ‘I am fully in favour of prescribing it to people with conditions like diabetes if they have a problem.
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MP accused the Welsh NHS of wasting money giving out drug 'like sweets'
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David Davies says diabetes patients are being given Viagra even if they don't have erectile dysfunction - the health service denies this
Mr Davies added: ‘A resident of @placeholder who is not a constituent of mine contacted me to tell me that he had been prescribed Viagra because he is a diabetic.