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  Wasteful health chiefs have been paying almost £50 for a £2 packet of pasta, it has emerged.
  While many shoppers have been watching every penny they spend, it would appear some health service bosses have been acting far less frugally with taxpayer cash.
  
  Now one NHS Trust has finally come to its senses and is getting patients to buy the packets in supermarkets for £2.
  Everyone who previously had gluten-free pasta on prescription from the Eastern and Coastal Kent NHS Trust has now been advised to buy it themselves.
  'A £2 packet of pasta from a supermarket could cost the NHS up to £47,' said Alison Issott, assistant director of medicines management at the Trust.
  She added: 'It will cost £5 from the manufacturer, plus a £1 dispensing fee, £1 pharmacy fee and a delivery charge up to £40.
  'Manufacturers and wholesalers can charge the NHS significantly more for gluten-free products than when bought directly in a supermarket.
  'As a wide range of gluten-free products are now available in the supermarkets, which was not previously the case, it is felt reasonable and fair to expect people to buy some of their own foods, as we do not pay for food for patients with other long-term ailments.

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