Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80411
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Question
Lizzi Collinge
Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale
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
Dr Zubir AhmedThere 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...
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