Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(asked on 4th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much it costs NHS England annually to (1) collect payments for free prescriptions, (2) administer the system of medical exemption certificates, and (3) provide prescription prepayment certificates.
This question was answered on 15th July 2019
NHS England and NHS Improvement do not collect any payment for free prescriptions.
The costs to administer the system of medical exemption certificates is around £1 million. The costs to provide prescription prepayment certificates is around £4.8 million. These figures have been provided by the NHS Business Services Authority and are for the financial period 2018/19.