Prescription Charges in Scotland

If you live in Scotland and have to pay for your prescriptions you might be interested to know that the cost of a single prescription item has been lowered from £5 to £4 and the cost of a Prescription Pre-payment Certificate (PPC) has been lowered from £48 to £38 for 12 months and £17 to £13 for four months. Further annual reductions are planned to remove charges altogether by April 1, 2011.

For more info go to www.infoscotland.com/prescriptions