Prescription Charges

Question 1

Who is entitled to free prescriptions?

Answer 1

• Children (<16 years)
• Aged 16-18in fulltime education.
• Elderly (aged 60 or over)
• If the patient or their partner receives income support or jobseeker’s allowance.
• If the patient has a prescription exemption certificate.

Question 2

Who are entitled to prescription exemption certificates? (FP92A)

Answer 2

• Women who are pregnant or have had a child in the past year.
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hypoadrenalism for which specific substitution therapy is essential (e.g. Addison’s Disease)
• Diabetes insipidus and other forms of hypopituitarism
• Diabetes mellitus except where treatment is by diet alone
• Myasthenia gravis
• Hypothyroidism requiring thyroid hormone replacement
• Epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsive therapy
• A permanent fistula requiring continuous surgical dressing or requiring an appliance
• Undergoing treatment for cancer. This includes treatment for the effects of cancer or for the effects of cancer treatments

Question 3

Who are eligible for Pre-Payment Certificates?

Answer 3

• For patient not entitled to free prescriptions but for people who get frequent prescriptions.
• Prescriptions become cheaper if they pay for more than 14 prescriptions in a year.

Question 4

If someone comes in to ask you to fill out their medical exemption certificate, waht form do you need to fill out?

Answer 4

FP92A