Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(asked on 2nd September 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription penalty charge notices issued by the NHS Business Authority have been overturned because the person was confirmed to have paid in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 5th September 2019
The following table shows the total number of Penalty Charge Notices closed because the patient had paid for the prescription.
Financial Year in which case started | Number of Cases |
2014/15 | 1,122 |
2015/16 | 5,195 |
2016/17 | 10,274 |
2017/18 | 13,467 |
2018/19 | 21,497 |