NHS prescription prepayment certificate questions?

Mishomeister

chris_and_crystal wrote: »

Ppc cards can be bought in the chemist. They will fill in the form take payment and you will receive your card in about a week. As soon as you have paid you can tick the pre-order box on a prescription as you fill in a start date on the form. We sell at least twenty a week it is a basic service of a chemist to do this.
Your wife will then be able to receive items on minor ailments scheme but must be present as this is a condition of the scheme.

What if the medicines needed earlier and can not wait for a week?

Dazedandconfused

Mishomeister wrote: »

Well not too useful suggestions

You have to pay upfront unless you are buying a 12 month cert which can be paid for in instalments.

I have so far got mine in boots - they filled it in for me. I signed it, paid for the 3 months on my card. They give you a receipt and that paid for the prescription I had with me at the time.

My understanding is that if I need a new prescription before the card comes ( I have been waiting over a week for it to arrive at the moment) I have to pay but can claim back with my receipt.

I know that not all the pharmacies locally do this as I got my last one from the local supermarket and she pointed out my card had nearly expires and seemed to think I could only renew it on the internet

Once you get the card you just hand in your prescription (or you could on behalf of someone ) along with the card and they tick the pre payment box and write down he number on your card.

In the last 3 months I had 8 prescriptions so it saved me a considerable amount.

Dazi

I pay by direct debit and when you renew they do not send the card out till they have taken the first payment for the new year, however, for the past 2 years I have had to get prescriptions filled during the time my card has expired and receiving the new one, both times my old card was accepted and they wrote on the prescription, I take it that this is checked at the place where all the prescriptions go to be processed.

chris_and_crystal

You don't need to wait for the card to come through. You can tick the prepayed box. The pharmacy will just mark they haven't seen it. When it gets sent off at the end of month for payment from the nhs it will be checked centrally that a card has been bought.

chris_and_crystal

My understanding is that if I need a new prescription before the card comes ( I have been waiting over a week for it to arrive at the moment) I have to pay but can claim back with my reciept

You don't have to pay. As long you have a valid card whether physically with you or not you can tick the box.
There is a cross on the back of scripts that pharmacies mark if we haven't seen the card. It will just be checked centrally that you had a valid card at time of picking up script.

System

Mishomeister wrote: »

Well not too useful suggestions

I really wonder why you posted your initial question if that is your attitude.

I answered the questions that you wrote not the questions that you thought you wrote (apart from getting it wrong about not being able to buy a certificate in the chemist)

Annie1960

I ordered mine over the phone, using the number on the website. They gave me a card number which I gave to the pharmacist before my card arrived in the post a few days later.

Lyradog

Make sure you check if you can get a medical exemption card , certain conditions and meds can qualify you , my hub has one as is on thyroxine (?) for life - however having severe asthma and needing inhalers didn't qualify

White_Rose_Tight_ThaKnows

I also have a PPC card.

Mine is annual, although I don't know if shorter term certificates are available. And while the card lasts for 12-months, if paying by direct debit payments are debited equally over 10-months at £10.40, or £104 one off.

I'd love to know how much they save me.

System

My PPC saves me £185 per year.

! have 3 items per month and the doc will only do prescriptions for one month at a time.

Oops nearly forgot that I also get prescription toothpaste from the dentist so even more of a saving