... from £6.65 per item to £6.85 per item so if you're dithering over whether to get a pre-payment certificate ('season ticket') for your gluten free prescriptions you'll save more if you get one before 1 April. Though you can backdate your season ticket (and therefore reclaim the cost of prescriptions) for one month - so in practice you have … [Read more...]

Gavin Ayling posted an interesting point of view about prescription charging recently - a point I hadn't even considered about the inequality of people living in Wales getting free prescriptions from 1 April. ... I don't actually mind paying for a prescription — it's something that I've always had to do. What I do object to is paying for a … [Read more...]

Here in the UK we are very lucky that some basic gluten free staples are available on prescription - items such as flour, bread, pasta, pizza bases, crackers and a few plain sweet biscuits. It does cost money to get prescriptions filled - in England, but not in Wales - but in certain circumstances the charges are waived, including: if you … [Read more...]