Free prescriptions: MILLIONS in UK eligible for NHS medication at no charge
Peter Byrne
An NHS England prescription currently costs £9.35 per item, making it a costly necessity for those requiring multiple medications.
With the cost-of-living crisis hitting Britons and temperatures dropping across the country, many will be worrying about the amount of money leaving their accounts.
An NHS England prescription currently costs £9.35 per item, making it a costly necessity for those requiring multiple medications.
Yui Mok
Last month, a group of leading charities warned that the NHS and social care system are in the “most perilous position in memory”.
They explained that people with long-term conditions are suffering medical emergencies as a result of being unable to heat their homes, pay for prescriptions or care costs, run their medical devices, refrigerate their medicine or maintain their diet, the authors of the group’s latest report said.
According to the NHS website the groups eligible for free medication in the UK are those who:
If you're entitled to or named on:
With the cost-of-living crisis hitting Britons and temperatures dropping across the country, many will be worrying about the amount of money leaving their accounts.
Danny Lawson
Those with certain medical conditions are also eligible, these include: