Does anyone else think it’s pretty horrifying that NHS prescription charges in England have increased 9 times in the last ten years?🚨
👉https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-01375/en-us#:%7E:text=The%20current%20charge%20for,an%20NHS%20prescription%20is%20
👉https://faq.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/knowledgebase/article/KA-01375/en-us#:%7E:text=The%20current%20charge%20for,an%20NHS%20prescription%20is%20
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#OTs&Carers
#Disability
Mostly even I'm the UK the druv companies and the horrific insurance companies profit from DEATH
The UK is apparently a very rich country. Yet people sometimes have to decide whether to spend their money on food or medication.
We do have to account for inflation though.
He says... from Wales were we don't pay.
* except working for a living.
My surgery sends the request direct from the GP to the pharmacy.
By the time you've walked down the hill to the chemist it is waiting for you.
I am so happy to be living in Scotland.
E.g. GP prescribes specific make of a medicine for reasons of excipient intolerance, pharmacy will only supply cheapest unless patient pays extra, ignoring what GP wrote.
A huge health inequality, especially when some morbidities require life-long medication and are more prevalent in areas of multiple deprivation.