Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 80411 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered adjusting prescription charges for partial emergency supplies of medication.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 23 Oct 2025
There are currently no plans to adjust the prescription charge for emergency supplies of medicines. Under the Urgent Medicine Supply (UMS) element of the National Health Service Pharmacy First Service, NHS 111 can refer patients to a pharmacy to obtain an...