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Updated 6-Apr-11 |
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Prepayment Certificate Currently until March 2011:- £104.00 per year (14.05 charges) £29.10 per 3 months (3.93 charges) |
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Prepayment certificates: · If you have to pay for your prescriptions, it is usually cheaper to buy a prepayment certificate for either 3 months or one year. · If you only need to collect one item a month and you are given 28 day prescriptions you will need 13 prescriptions for a year (currently £96.20), so it will cost you more to buy the prepayment certificate. · If you pick up 2 items monthly you would currently pay £192.40 in the year. So if you buy a prepayment certificate you will currently save £88.40 and also you will get any extra prescriptions such as antibiotics free. |
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In England there are a number of ways to buy a prepayment certificate: · over the phone from the NHS Business Services Authority Tel: 0845 850 0030 and you can pay by credit card · from the NHS Business Services Authority website Website: www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/ppccd/patient.do · from the pharmacist · from your Primary Care Trust
Contact details for the NHS Business Services Authority are: NHS Business Services Authority Tel: 0845 850 0030 |
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· Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland No longer charge for prescriptions · Multiple Charges for some items - See below. These are examples of items which carry more than one charge. For many of these you will still only be charged one charge of £7.40. Check with your pharmacy. |