DoH Publishes prescription charges consultation

2007-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

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The Department of Health has published a consultation document on changes to the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 to enable primary care trusts in England to charge chemists for NHS pharmaceutical applications.

If chemists are not on a PCT list they cannot dispense NHS prescriptions or provide NHS pharmaceutical services. The DoH estimates the cost to the NHS of processing applications was up to £3.12m in 2005-06.

Read the consultation here

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