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Patients risk prosecution amid rise in invalid HRT prescription prepayment claims

Over 200,000 incorrect claims for medicines not covered by the PPC in the year to May.

14 Aug 2025 , 2 Min Article

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There will be no prescription charge hike this year, Labour confirms

Labour claims fee freeze will save patients £18m over the financial year

28 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Over three million patients received PPC exemptions in 2023-24

The NHS Business Services Authority said patients would have spent £817 million in prescription charges without prescription prepayment certificates.

26 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Economist’s view: Costing options for scrapping the prescription charge

Axing prescription charges – a cheap and cheerful policy option for Labour?

02 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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NPA chair: Prescription charge rise is ‘shameful neglect of working people’

Nick Kaye is the latest figure in pharmacy to criticise the government over the prescription charge increase.

05 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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‘Tax on the vulnerable’: Prescription charge to rise to £9.90 from May

RPS and CPE blast the Government's decision to implement the 25p increase.

04 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Nearly all pharmacists have had patients decline medicines due to prescription charge

Renewed calls to axe prescription charge as survey highlights worrying findings.

05 Feb 2024 , 3 Min Article

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People with LTCs struggle to access medicine, research reveals

The Prescription Charges Coalition called on the government to freeze the prescription charge next year.

22 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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More patients are not collecting scripts due to cost of living

Patients in England are asking pharmacists what medicines they can do without, according to a study by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

13 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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We’ve helped patients pay their prescription charge, says pharmacist

Ade Williams says patients go without medication as they are 'too dignified and would rather walk away'

05 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Overpayment on prescriptions reached £43m in 2021-22

Over a million people in England overpaid because they did not buy an NHS prescription prepayment certificate

03 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Patients going without prescriptions in inflation crisis, warns NPA

Renewed calls to scrap the prescription charge amid cost of living crisis.

11 Jul 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Prescription charges in England frozen for first time in 12 years

The cost of NHS prescriptions in England is to be pegged for the first time in over a decade. 

16 May 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Government has 'no plans' to raise prescription charge this year

The charge will remain fixed at £9.35 per item, the first time it has not gone up year-on-year.

28 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Charity attacks plans to raise free prescription age to 66

The Government plans to increase the age for prescription exemptions to 66 years.

17 Aug 2021 , 1 Min Article

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EPB chair slams government plan to lift free prescription age to 66

The English Pharmacy Board chair Thorrun Govind has warned the move will lead to greater health inequalities

02 Jul 2021 , 2 Min Article

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