NHS - Get help with prescription costs

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Prescription prepayment certificates (PPC) are available in England and they can save you money.

NHS prescription costs

The current prescription charge is £9.00 per item (as of April 2019).

A three monthly PPC is £29.10 and could save you money if you need more than three prescribed items in three months.

A 12-month certificate is £104.00 and could save you money if you need more than 12 prescribed items in a year.

PPCs are available by 10 monthly direct debit instalment payments. The prescription prepayment certificates allow anyone to obtain all the prescriptions they need for £2 per week.

If you need to access the services below then medicines are free:

* Medicines administered at a hospital or an NHS walk-in centre.

* Prescribed contraceptives.

* Medicines personally administered by a GP.

* Medicines supplied at a hospital or Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) clinic for the treatment of a sexually transmitted infection or tuberculosis.

Who is entitled to free prescriptions?

You can get free NHS prescriptions if, at the time the prescription is dispensed, you:

* are 60 or over

* are under 16

* are 16-18 and in full-time education

* are pregnant or have had a baby in the previous 12 months and have a valid maternity exemption certificate (MatEx)

* have a specified medical condition and have a valid medical exemption certificate (MedEx)

* have a continuing physical disability that prevents you from going out without help from another person and have a valid MedEx

* hold a valid war pension exemption certificate and the prescription is for your accepted disability

* are an NHS inpatient

You are also entitled to free prescriptions if you or your partner – including civil partner – receive, or you're under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving:

* Income Support

* Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

* Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, or

* Pension Credit Guarantee Credit

* Universal Credit and meet the criteria

If you're entitled to or named on:

* a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate – if you don't have a certificate, you can show your award notice; you qualify if you get Child Tax Credits, Working Tax * Credits with a disability element (or both) and have income for tax credit purposes of £15,276 or less

* a valid NHS certificate for full help with health costs (HC2)

* People named on an NHS certificate for partial help with health costs (HC3) may also get help.

For more info keep reading on the NHS site :)

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snoopy1

03/07/2016 at 10:03

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This is helpful information GildaT...A lot of people don't now they are entitled to free prescriptions...I am so lucky i live in Scotland as we get free prescriptions otherwise i would struggle to pay for it..Thanks for posting.

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28/11/2016 at 07:54

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13/11/2019 at 07:53

I have already got free prescriptions since I was a baby. I have an underactive thyroid. Thank you anyway.

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13/11/2019 at 08:03

I already receive free prescriptions as I’m over 65 and retired, thank you.

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13/11/2019 at 08:37

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yes I have free prescriptions as I am retired and over 65 ,thank you

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with reference prescriptions I get them free as I am over 70, however even though I get my medicines older people still have to pay for glasses & dentist so it is worth applying for anyone to get NHS discounts if you are working or retired. I get a reduction in the cost.

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Prescriptions are free for everyone in Scotland so not applicable north of the border. A decision taken several years ago by the devolved parliament.

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I get free prescriptions now as I am over 60. However in the past the prepayment scheme was invaluable. It cost me for 3 months less than 1 repeat prescription could potentially and some months I might have 2 shipping orders as the dispensary used to say. The problem was finding the initial outlay but it was well worth it.

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I am 70 and stay in Scotland we get free prescription s which is a good thing considering the cost.

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I'm in Scotland. Get your questions right.

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