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Last updated:
06/04/2021

How much do prescriptions cost?

  1. How much do prescriptions cost?
  2. Low cost and free prescriptions
  3. Exemption certificates

The cost of an NHS prescription is £9.35 for each medicine. If your doctor prescribes more than one medication then you will need to pay £9.35 for each one. This can be expensive if you have a lot of different medications to take. You can buy pre-payment certificates, which reduce the cost of your prescriptions. You can find out more about this in the next pages.

You can buy pre-payment certificates which reduce the cost of your prescriptions.

If you have paid to see a doctor privately, and they have given you a prescription, this will cost you more than an NHS prescription. You will need to speak to your doctor about how much their prescriptions cost.

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