No prescription fee on HRT meds with HRT certificate

Mrs_Z

Hello to all,
Copied this from the Mum's money saving forum as this forum is probably more appropriate.  Apologies if this has already been posted but in case not, did you know that by obtaining a HRT certificate (£20) which is valid for 1 year, you can get (most) HRT medication free of prescription charge?

I wasn't aware until my pharmacist told me.  I've never seen anything about this in the press either.

For anyone on HRT patches for example, this would represent almost 50% discount. I get mine prescribed for 3 months at the time (so 4 lots per year) and each time I currently pay the prescription charge of £9.65 so £38.60/year.

For further info:
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc/hrt-ppc

Emmia

It came in on 1 April, and I saw a fair amount of publicity about it... 

Still not free like the contraceptive pill though.

Mrs_Z

A thank you - I was out of the country for few weeks in April - that's why I don't recall having seen publicity about it!