Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
Prescriptions to rise to £9 from April
25 February 2019 - The government has announced another rise in prescription costs for medicines dispensed on the NHS in England, from £8.80 to £9 as of April 1 this year.
The cost will rise by 20p for each individual medicine prescribed, and charges for wigs and fabric supports will also be increased in line with inflation.
The rise comes in support of the 2015 spending review, in which the government committed to support the Five Year Forward View with £10 billion investment in real terms by 2020 to 2021 to fund frontline NHS services.
