It's the first time prescription charges have been frozen in 12 years.
The freeze in charges will help ease some of the cost of living pressures, says Health Secretary Sajid Javid
include those on state benefits, pregnant women and new mothers, people with specified medical conditions or disabilities, the over-60s and under-16s.Why are prices rising so quickly? The Department of Health and Social Care said the freeze meant prescription charges would not increase until at least April 2023 and would save patients who pay prescription charges in England £17m.
The announcement comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked ministers to come up with measures to ease the pressure on household budgets. And Claire Anderson, of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said people who do not qualify for free prescriptions because of their income, age, or medication type, often had to make decisions about which medicines they need.
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