Charges for prescriptions for medicines and some medical appliances are payable by adults in England under the age of 60. However, people may be exempt from charges in various exemption categories. Charges were abolished by NHS Wales in 2007, Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland in 2010 and by NHS Scotland in 2011. In 2010/11, in England, £450 million was raised through these charges, some 0.5% of the total NHS budget.[1] In April 2021 the charge was raised to £9.35 for up to a three-month supply of each item.[2] In 2022, for the first time since 2010, the charge was not increased.[3]
- ^ Department of Health Resource Accounts 2010/11
- ^ "NHS prescription charges". nhs.uk. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Prescription charge frozen for the first time in more than a decade". Pharmaceutical Journal. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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