Prescription charges are reportedly set to increase to £9.90 per item as of next month, Community Pharmacy England said.
A pharmacy group has slammed the potential decision to raise costs as a “tax on the vulnerable” amid the cost of living crisis
Janet Morrison, the chief executive of Community Pharmacy England, criticised the decision to charge taxpayers more for vital medications on the NHS.
She explained: “Yet again community pharmacies must be the bearers of bad news as the Government decides to raise the NHS prescription charge.
“As the cost of living continues to put strain on the most vulnerable in society, many patients will have to make unbearable decisions about which medicines they can afford to pay for.
“We remain opposed to the charge: it is a tax on the vulnerable and one which forces pharmacy teams to act as tax collectors on top of the intolerable wider pressures that community pharmacy is facing.”
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Prescription charges are reportedly set to rise next month
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The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) will reportedly implement this change to prescription costs from May 1, 2024.
GB News has contacted the Department for Health and Social Care and Community Pharmacy England for comment.
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