Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(asked on 24th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients pay the full price for their prescription medicine.
This question was answered on 10th September 2018
National Health Service patients pay a fixed charge for each prescription item dispensed in primary care, unless they are exempt from prescription charges. Prescription prepayment certificates allow people who need regular NHS prescriptions to cap the cost by paying a fixed amount for an unlimited number of items. We estimate that on average 90% of NHS prescriptions are dispensed free of charge. Data is not available on what patients pay for private prescriptions.