Prescription charge yes or no??

[JetPlane]

On NHS, if you pay for prescriptions, do you have to pay for loading injections as well as quarterly injections? I got charged for my quarterly prescription.

[Gambit62 Administrator]

practice seems to vary.

My prescriptions get done at my GP practice and I just turn up and I don't get charged. Others find that their practices seem to give them a prescription which they have to fill and then bring with them to get the injection done - all of which seems rather over the top in terms of process. They do get charged for fulfillling the prescription.

[fbirder]

It varies from place to place.

In some places you go to the local clinic to get your jabs - no charge,

In others you have to get a prescription, pick up a single vial from the chemist, take it to the clinic and get it injected. And pay for each jab.

Yet others, you get a prescription, pick up five vials and take one to the clinic to get it injected.

[clivealive Forum Support]

I had to pay for my 5 x B12 injection vials for 30 years from 1972 until I reached the age of 60 when I "qualified" for free prescriptions.

It always seems strange to me that P.A. without B12 treatment will kill you in much the same way as diabetes without insulin yet diabetics get their treatment free.

[JetPlane in reply to clivealive]

And for thyroid medication. Seems unfair we have to pay

[flosslechops in reply to JetPlane]

thought thyroid meds qualified for free prescriptions?we are in north east derbyshire and my husband has underactive thyroid and gets it free

[helvella in reply to flosslechops]

I think that JetPlane was meaning those who need thyroid medication are also eligible for prescription charge exemption.

However, even that is not strictly true. It is those suffering from myxoedema which requires thyroid hormone replacement who are eligible. Not those who need anti-thyroid medicines.

Always remember, prescriptions charges are an England-only issue.

I usually encourage those who are not exempt but are in England to consider the merits of prepayment certificates. It doesn't take that many prescriptions to make it worth buying one. Even if you are a marginal case you could always look at it as an insurance against the possibility of needing to pay for more prescriptions. And as usual, when we are well insured we usually don't need to claim.

[Yogijo]

I haven’t been charged for mine. Only had 6 loading doses and one 3 monthly injection so far.

[PArunner]

Bristol here, was not charged for b12 loading or 3 monthly jabs. Don’t even need a prescription the nurse clinic at my GP practice sort it all.

[crystal54]

i am in scotland so get free prescriptions but before free prescriptions if you had a lifelong illnesss they w ere free so you should get them free unless different in england

[Themabinogion]

Here in Wales it’s much the same as Scotland and prescriptions are free. I thought it was the same all over the UK. Same with b12 injections, turn up at the surgery and the nurse is there waiting for you.