Cost of living boost for millions as prescription charges frozen
The Government has frozen prescription charges for 2025-26.
On 28th April, the Government announced that prescription charges would be frozen for 2025-26 providing a cost of living boost to millions of people. This is a welcome move as Healthwatch England had highlighted to government that some people chose not to pick up all their prescriptions due to cost-of-living pressures.
In an overdue decision (usually confirmed in March), the Department of Health and Social Care said:
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the single NHS prescription charge would remain at £9.90
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the three month pre-payment certificate (PPC) will stay at £32.05
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the annual PPC is held at £114.50
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the annual HRT PPC is also frozen, at 19.80.
All of the exemption groups and all of the wigs and fabric support charges also stay the same.
For more information on how you can save on your prescription costs see the Help with NHS Prescription Costs webpage on the NHSBSA website.