DSHC has announced a 30p (3.21 per cent) rise in prescription charges from April 1 2023.

This increases the prescription charge for a single item to £9.65.

The cost of prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) will also be increased:

• three-month PPC increases by £1 to £31.25
• 12-month PPC increases by £3.50 to £111.60.
• HRT PPC will cost £19.30.

Get help with prescription costs

You do not have to pay NHS prescription charges if you have a valid medical exemption certificate. Please ask the Dispensary team for a Medical exemption form to complete, we will then arrange for the GP to sign.

For more information about help with health costs, obtain leaflet HC11 ‘Help with health costs’, or speak to the Dispensing team at this practice.

Remember, if you are under 16 or over 60 years of age you are already exempt from prescription charges.

Private Prescriptions

Private prescriptions will be charged depending on the cost of the medication. If the patient chooses to take the prescription away for dispensing then a private prescription fee of £19.20 is payable. If the private prescription is dispensed by the Windrush dispensary then the fee is waived.