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mumps

KxMx wrote: »

The yearly card can be paid for by Direct Debit, £10.40 a month for 10 months, handy for budgeting.

That is very good value if you have regular prescriptions. I did wonder if it would be too much for people to pay in one go but the direct debit is a great idea.

mumps

lostinrates wrote: »

The simplest way to do it is to ask for a private prescription of your GP is allowed / willing to comply.

An alternative simple way is to make a cheque payment with a 'donation' and explanation at the end of your financial year.

Aiui funding for prescriptions comes directly from taxation. Dept health is a popular one in uk. Fwiw when DH and. Use contraception we pay for our own of that too, but I'm more than happy to pay for free contraception and would far rather pay through taxation for more contraception and early intervention than later intervention both more costly and far less humane choice.

My doctor charges for a private prescription and I really don't want to pay him for that, he isn't that great. What I do now is make a donation to a particular charity that I identify with. My husband, who has been getting free prescriptions due to his age for two years, does the same but to a different charity. I know it doesn't go into the NHS pot but I feel it is doing good.