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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...