I just went to Boots with a private prescription for 1% hydrocortisone cream to use on my face. My understanding was that with private precriptions you pay the cost of the medicine and the NHS £8.20 prescription charge has no bearing.
This cream is available OTC without prescription for about £3.50. I had a prescription because the pharmacist at another store had recently told me it could not be sold for use on the face without one - fair enough.
However in the pharmacy today I handed over the prescription and was asked where I'd be using it. I said "face". I was then charged £8.20 for it as "it's not licensed for use on the face without a prescription so we have to charge you the prescription charge". Is that right?
What if it was the other way round and the OTC cost of the cream was more than £8.20 - would I only have had to pay £8.20?
I'm not criticising anyone, just confused about how private prescription charges work. I had a private one as my work has a free private GP scheme.
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JessieMcJessie · 18/01/2016 11:46
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