Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(asked on 11th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change in prescription charges has been in real terms in each year since 2009-10.
The following table shows the change in prescription charges since 2009/10.
Annual prescription charge increase per item dispensed, in England, in real terms, 2009 to 2015 |
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| 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
Gross Domestic Product deflator: year on year growth (%) | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
Prescription charge per item dispensed (£) | £7.20 | £7.20 | £7.40 | £7.65 | £7.85 | £8.05 | £8.20 | £8.40 | £8.60 | £8.80 |
Increase in prescription charge | - | - | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
Real increase in prescription charge (%) | - | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Source: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflators at market prices, and money GDP March 2018 (Quarterly National Accounts) as published by Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT).
Notes:
For years 2017-18 to 2018-19: figures taken from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility forecasts for GDP deflator increases as of March 2018 Economy supplementary tables, as published by HM Treasury.
The cost of a 3-month Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) has been frozen at £29.10 since 2011/12 and the 12-month PPC has been frozen at £104 since 2009/10.