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NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase by 15p to £9.15 from April

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If you are in England and do not qualify for prescription charge exemption, this will affect you:

The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase by 15p to £9.15 from April.

The Government has announced that the price of single prescriptions and prescription prepayment certificates - essentially season tickets which cover the cost of all prescriptions over a certain period - will rise from Wednesday 1 April.

Here's what's changing:

Single prescriptions will increase from £9 to £9.15.

Three-month prescription prepayment certificates will increase from £29.10 to £29.65.

12-month prescription prepayment certificates will increase from £104 to £105.90.

Charges for wigs and fabric supports, such as spinal supports, will also rise in line with inflation.

The charges apply when you collect your prescription, not when it is issued. Only patients in England will be affected, as prescriptions are free in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

And many are also likely to be able to save with a prepayment certificate - we've more info on these below.

More information available at:

moneysavingexpert.com/news/...

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nightingale-56

NHS must be making money on our cheap and nasty Levthyroxine then! Thanks for posting helvella .

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Wetsuiter in reply tonightingale-56

we dont pay for levothyroxine?

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Hillwoman in reply toWetsuiter

If it's prescribed, we don't pay, but there seems to be a significant number who can't get a diagnosis, even with iffy TFTs. They have to pay privately or self-source.

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Wetsuiter in reply toHillwoman

Yes I get that. But still, standard prescription costs dont come into it.

Its all a mess isnt it

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Not so fast!

We have seen some patients denied an exemption certificate when they are prescribed levothyroxine as part of "block and replace".

Their argument being that the patient is NOT suffering myxoedema.

My argument is that they WOULD suffer myxoedema, albeit iatrogenic myxoedema, if they were not prescribed levothyroxine. Which is, surely, exactly where anyone adequately treated with levothyroxine would also be. (They would only suffer myxoedema if they were under-dosed.)

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Wetsuiter in reply tohelvella

that s outrageous

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Shusky

When I had my TT 5yrs ago everything on my prescription became exempt from payment, Levothyroxine, BP meds, inhalers and antihistamines plus anything else I may have been prescribed. Once I became 60 I became exempt anyway 😊 That was probably the only short term positive of having my surgery 😏

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