NHS prescription charges set to rise
"Our research shows that a third of people with long-term conditions don’t take their medicine, because they can’t afford it and this can mean they end up going into hospital.
During the Covid-19 outbreak, keeping yourself healthy is crucial to avoid placing extra strain on the NHS"Increasing this fee, in line with inflation or not, will result in even more people skipping essential medication and place even more pressure on our already overloaded NHS." It means the 3-month PPC will increase by 55p to £29.65 and a 12-month PPC goes up by £1.90 to £105.90.
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