My OH's doctor told him that they're only allowed to put 1 month's worth on an NHS prescription even for people who get them free (OH turned 60 last year). I suppose it makes sense (from an NHS finance point of view) for people who pay the better part of £10 a pop.
There were 2 items on my wife's prescription. 1 was filled for 56 days and the other only for 28. The one for 28 days is one she has been taking for a long time, and has seen the doctor in the past couple of months. Nothing was said to her about reducing to 28 day supply. I've been on the same tablets for years and they were reduced from 3 months to 2 months a few years ago. To me it makes absolutely no sense when reducing the period simply creates more work for both surgery and pharmacy.
... What I was trying (and obviously failing) to say was that the fee is usually considerably less than the cost of the medication. ...
I think it very much depends on the medication. Things can be inexpensive but not available over the counter. I had a private prescription recently, £7, which I think included the cost of the medication, manufacturer's profits and all, plus a pharmacy dispensing fee.
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I collected both OH 's and my repeat medication today and we both got 2 months supply, as we usually do, except for one of OH's meds that has always been one month at a time, because of what medication it is.
If you worked in a pharmacy and saw how many boxes and packets of medication are returned weekly costing the NHS thousands of pounds it would horrify you. The rules are there to try in vain to prevent this appalling waste and stop patient’s stockpiling of medication. I think everyone should pay a small charge for their prescription items then maybe they would think more carefully about what they actually need. Most people don’t pay for their prescriptions.
I paid for all my scripts till I was 60. When folk complained about the basic cost,I would politely mention the BNF and actual cost. Last night I watched the 2016 film about the 3 amazing, clever African American ladies working for NASA, the abuse, segregation they endured made me beyond angry.
He starts out talking about there not being enough young people taking up careers in horticulture. All about the label and nothing to do with it being physically hard work outside in all weathers, and not particularly well-paid (at the lower end anyway)?
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There were 2 items on my wife's prescription. 1 was filled for 56 days and the other only for 28. The one for 28 days is one she has been taking for a long time, and has seen the doctor in the past couple of months. Nothing was said to her about reducing to 28 day supply. I've been on the same tablets for years and they were reduced from 3 months to 2 months a few years ago. To me it makes absolutely no sense when reducing the period simply creates more work for both surgery and pharmacy.
I think it very much depends on the medication. Things can be inexpensive but not available over the counter. I had a private prescription recently, £7, which I think included the cost of the medication, manufacturer's profits and all, plus a pharmacy dispensing fee.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/28/james-wong-on-gardening-is-it-time-we-ditched-the-word-gardening-
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Isn't plantdaddy sexist and exclusive?