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Paying for medication
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After reading the thread on price of the pill, i wondered if anyone knew if you have to pay for asthma medication. Coz i live in wales i currently dont have to pay for them untill i am 25, but after that will i have to pay?
I am on 3 different inhalers and tablets everyday, so I am worried that this is going to work out quite costly if I do have to pay, any comment appricated, thanks
x Emz x
I am on 3 different inhalers and tablets everyday, so I am worried that this is going to work out quite costly if I do have to pay, any comment appricated, thanks
x Emz x
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This http://www.ppa.org.uk/ppa/ppc_faq.htm gives you some information about pre-payments certificates.
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it's £6.65 per item, but the pre-payment things mentioned in the post above work out a lot more reasonable if you take regular medication.
£25,000+ a year to keep me alive and sane :eek:
ETA Free scrips from your local G.U.M. clinic :thumb:
And if you're are £25,000 a year, you make me feel better about my expensive dressings!
Worth noting then that your PCT gets about £1500 per year to look after you - and that includes fixed costs like GPs/A&E/Ambulance etc
MoK might be able to know if this is true or not, but i think there's an old piece of legislation that says all medication from a GUM is free, something from the 1800's and the rid of syphillis. I used to get anti emetics, anti poo and omega 3 tablets from GUM clinic for nothing. We have 'special' scrips which are basically large books with forms in so pharmacy know not to charge us.
I took in a GUM script at work the other day prescribing sleeping pills!