NHS: Fees and Charges
(asked on 19th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue was raised by NHS penalty charges for (a) prescriptions and (b) other services in each year since 2020.
The following table shows the revenue raised by National Health Service penalty charges each year from 2020 to 2024:
Payment year | Total payment received from penalty charges for prescriptions | Total payment received from penalty charges for dental treatment |
2020 | £2,600,479.92 | £1,893,654.29 |
2021 | £55,725.35 | £693,560.84 |
2022 | £5,883,895.30 | £9,291,868.33 |
2023 | £18,349,147.70 | £10,901,045.18 |
2024 | £21,334,486.51 | £16,244,861.91 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority.
Dental treatment is the only service aside from prescriptions that can result in an NHS penalty charge notice.