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keeping well
Posted: July 13th, 2020, 11:29 pm
by Dod101
I have been to my GP for the first time in about 5 years today. It was for an ear infection. I was given a prescription for an atomiser spray which of course I took to the local chemist and was handed the item. The whole thing took about 90 minutes. Amazing! And at no cost to me. Is it any wonder that foreigners like us?
I was genuinely non-plussed. Very strange we Brits!
Dod
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 13th, 2020, 11:37 pm
by Mike4
Dod101 wrote:I have been to my GP for the first time in about 5 years today. It was for an ear infection. I was given a prescription for an atomiser spray which of course I took to the local chemist and was handed the item. The whole thing took about 90 minutes. Amazing! And at no cost to me. Is it any wonder that foreigners like us?
I was genuinely non-plussed. Very strange we Brits!
Dod
You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 13th, 2020, 11:39 pm
by Dod101
I am well over 60 sadly. Really I am genuinely amazed.
Dod
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 14th, 2020, 12:16 am
by Alaric
Mike4 wrote:
You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 14th, 2020, 8:54 am
by tikunetih
Alaric wrote:Mike4 wrote:
You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
It's not widely publicised, but
you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
"Get a prescription prepayment certificate" (in England):
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 14th, 2020, 9:22 am
by Mike4
tikunetih wrote:Alaric wrote:
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
"Get a prescription prepayment certificate" (in England):
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc
Terrible value for money for the OP. He only goes to the doc once every five years!
Edit to add: Oops, forgot the point I was making. Either way it isn't free as the OP asserted, unless you are in that strange place Snorv mentioned....
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 14th, 2020, 1:06 pm
by redsturgeon
Over 60 prescriptions are free in England. Rest of UK they are free for all.
John
Re: keeping well
Posted: July 14th, 2020, 7:12 pm
by tikunetih
Mike4 wrote:
Terrible value for money for the OP. He only goes to the doc once every five years!
Edit to add: Oops, forgot the point I was making. Either way it isn't free as the OP asserted, unless you are in that strange place Snorv mentioned....
It was posted for general info - like most posts on these boards - not for the OP, Dod101, who's in Scotland.