My pharmacist says the prescription charges are going up next month to £7.10 per item.
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 Devonmaid |
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Posts: 6070 (27/03/2008 17:43:40) |
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doreenj2908 |
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Posts: 4251 (27/03/2008 17:48:39) |
Crikey!!!! I'm lucky(?) i have to take thyroxin so get everything free otherwise it would cost a fortune!!!
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May |
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Posts: 1646 (27/03/2008 17:54:33) |
In Scotland going down to £5 May
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Devonmaid |
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Posts: 6070 (27/03/2008 17:57:23) |
For weeks Ihave been thinking we should all move to Scotland or Wales. We are being ripped off.
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ChrisBloomer |
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Posts: 509 (27/03/2008 17:57:32) |
Think some of us are gonna have to move to Scotland !!!LOL!!!
It's coming to a point where people just can't afford to be ill !! I have to take two medications for the rest of my life - am seriously hoping that I don't have to have any more - just can't afford the charges and still be able to craft !!LOL!!! Hugs Christine |
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ChrisBloomer |
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Posts: 509 (27/03/2008 17:57:33) |
Think some of us are gonna have to move to Scotland !!!LOL!!!
It's coming to a point where people just can't afford to be ill !! I have to take two medications for the rest of my life - am seriously hoping that I don't have to have any more - just can't afford the charges and still be able to craft !!LOL!!! Hugs Christine |
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 WelshPaula |
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Posts: 7687 (27/03/2008 17:58:47) |
We pay nothing here, but they waited for me to reach 60 to do it, it just didn't seem fair to cheat me out of my enjoyment of a perk of 'old age'!!
Paula x |
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EuniceM |
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Posts: 4228 (27/03/2008 18:03:48) |
And postage stamps are going up as well.
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pixiehouse |
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Posts: 2708 (27/03/2008 18:26:52) |
Crikey thats going to cost me and colin loads,we both have 3 differant tablets each per month
an as we only on Incapacity benefits we have to pay!! so infuriating sometimes glad when they say i can go back to work!! well i am hoping i can somehow wendy xxx |
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doreenj2908 |
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Posts: 4251 (27/03/2008 18:31:06) |
pixiehouse wrote: Why not get a pre paid certificate????? It lasts for 6 or 12 months but I can't remember how much it is, as it's been some years now since I had
one. I have on average 3 prescriptions a month and it did work out cheaper-as your pharmasist!!!
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murchison |
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Posts: 4989 (27/03/2008 18:37:28) |
i pay nothing i depend on tables
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kittikat |
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Posts: 3058 (27/03/2008 18:54:14) |
Wendy, It is well worth getting a prepayment certificate if you have more than one prescription item per month. You can get them for either 3 months (£26.85)
or 12 months (£98.70). You can simply get a form at the chemist, or go online at www.ppa.org.uk/ppc
It has saved us a fortune over the past few years 
Kate x |
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The scrimper |
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Posts: 2872 (27/03/2008 19:00:58) |
 I have a pre payment cercificate and it saves me £'s well sort of
because what i save i spend on craft stuffi have to have 8 different
sorts of meds every three months.
Add up what yours come to Helen and work it out, which would be the cheapest for you. Only two more years to wait and then it will be free. deerrrrr! jEN |
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Tina |
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Posts: 29131 (27/03/2008 19:18:18) Administrator |
Sigh we really do live in rip off England. Scotland has cheaper prescriptions and students are looked after well too.
Thank goodness I have free prescriptions, I take a bucket load of drugs each week!!!! |
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kaylalealu |
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Posts: 315 (27/03/2008 19:27:34) |
I filled in a HC5 form, it's for help with health costs. I'm on incapacity benefit and now I get my prescriptions and dental treatment for free.
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lonniebonnie |
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Posts: 652 (27/03/2008 19:28:04) |
Id try claiming income support Wendy then the prescriptions would be free. If you have been on Icapacity Benefit for a while i would get a benefit review done
you may be entitled to more money.
LB |
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sue09 |
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Posts: 3079 (27/03/2008 19:42:22) |
My OH relies on his medication and has 8 lots per month,we have £6 per month to much money so we have to pay,,,,I now buy him a prepay certificate.I think its
stupid as without them he,d die,,,sorry moan over,,,,,love sue xxxx
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chris jw |
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Posts: 2895 (27/03/2008 19:46:57) |
my son has chronic psoriasis and has to use loads of cream ,its gonna cost him a fortune ,its so unfair but at least we dont have to pay to see dr
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Posts: 11937 (27/03/2008 19:54:10) |
I'm on heart tablets for life, but it wasn't until my husband became ill, that I had even heard of a pre-paid certificate. I
used to pay for his prescriptions as well, and he was terminally ill. The visiting nurse told me I shouldn't be paying, and our local Chemist sorted me
out (forms etc) with a refund.
It was also him that told me about the certificate. There's a million and one different leaflets telling you what you can claim, I'm afraid I haven't read any of them! Now as an OAP, I get mine for free, but I think a lot of pensioners as you say, couldn't afford to be ill had they to pay for them, and NOT only pensioners!! My next door neighbours Mum, is 70, and has just had to pay over £1000 for new teeth! No NHS dentists where she is, it's bloody disgusting!! |
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Posts: 1863 (27/03/2008 20:00:01) |
Hi Helen,
I knew a few weeks back that they were putting prescriptions up to £7.10 an item. How disgusting is that? I don't think that people who are ill should have to pay so much to get the drugs etc, they need. This country is so unfair on everything. For people who don't have much money like me and hubby, it's blooming expensive as I am on long term antibiotics, but the doctor has kindly given me a 2 month supply prescription each time I need some more tablets, so he's helped make it a bit cheaper for us in the long run. £7.10 is a lot of money if you don't always have it spare. Suppose it beats having to pay for treatment though, like in America. Andrea xx |
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Posts: 2953 (27/03/2008 20:00:11) |
I have Angina for the last 10 years and some of my medication i get once every 3.months and the other one every 2 months plus my asprin and gns spray so it
works out very expensive for me over the years,,also this last 3 weeks i have been really sick with two infections so far had 3 antibiotics, the first one i
had a bad reaction to so had to through them away....i will be 60 in may and am looking forward to no charges.....Ann xxx
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