Post #794129
2026-03-18 09:51 UTC
Replies (14)
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@brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk 2026-03-18 10:19
@RolloTreadway The prepaid certificate is indeed excellent! I can't remember how I learnt about it, it may have been mentioned by the pharmacist or the GP.
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@etchedpixels@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 11:53
@RolloTreadway Or move to Scotland or Wales and they are free anyway. Something a lot of people in England still don't realize. BTW the cost of making it free in Wales was negligible because of the sheer amount of stupid accounting, paperwork, auditing and other garbage that went away! One to keep annoying your politicians with..
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@daycoder@toot.wales 2026-03-18 12:26
@RolloTreadway there’s also a pre-pay thingamabob specifically for HRT. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/nhs-hormone-replacement-therapy-prescription-prepayment-certificate-hrt-ppc
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@evilyn@is.nota.live 2026-03-18 14:19
@RolloTreadway Thanks for posting this! I use it for HRT. My chemist noticed I came in every month or so for it and told me about it. It should be more transparent in the NHS.
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@TheSunnyOne@eldritch.cafe 2026-03-18 14:32
@RolloTreadway this is, at this point, the only way I've been able to keep affording both my HRT and all the meds I get trialed on for my chronic illnesses. At this point the £115 is essentially equivalent to 3 months of medication if I were paying individually, but instead I get all 12 months for that fixed price.
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@NatalyaD@disabled.social 2026-03-18 19:28
@RolloTreadway The other thing to check is whether you are exempt for another reason: age, certain benefits, able to apply for reduced costs or you have an exemption for a specific (weird list of) health condition. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/help-nhs-prescription-costs/free-nhs-prescriptions I work at a university and have come across socially disadvantaged people who have an exemption health condition whose GP didn't tell them and pharmacy took money off them for meds which are obviously for an exempt condition *rage*.
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@andrew@social.hodgson.io 2026-03-18 23:15
@vfrmedia @RolloTreadway I was looking at doing this for myself but then my GP moved me onto giving me a 3 month supply of medication. I don't know how common that is or if they can only do that with some medications but it works out cheaper now than buying this certificate.
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@pavsmith@theblower.au 2026-03-18 23:24
@RolloTreadway oh, gods yes! i just swallowed tonight's "handful" and often muse on how much it must cost in the US! if you take more than 3 medications it is worth doing, even paying the pittance we're charged here. the bootsies people put me onto it. it's another reason to lurv the #NHS !!!
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@naturepunk@ecoevo.social 2026-03-19 06:54
@RolloTreadway I got so used to my prepaid certificate that when I 'graduated' to free prescriptions I forgot to stop buying one :)
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@Workshopshed@mastodon.scot 2026-03-19 06:58
@RolloTreadway my pharmacist was advertising this, this week
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@nflux@gts.exile.social 2026-03-19 19:34
@RolloTreadway if you only need regular hrt there's a specific version for that too which is only about £20 for the year.
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@v_the_obscure@mastodon.social 2026-03-19 20:03
@RolloTreadway also if you are only on HRT you can get a year long prepayment certificate for £10.
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@Photo55@mastodon.social 2026-03-20 10:04
@RolloTreadway IIRC if you have already paid s9me charges, you can reclaim or have those set against a season ticket. But I forget the details.
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@jf@urbanists.social 2026-03-20 23:27
@RolloTreadway and there's a much cheaper HRT-only PPC, which works for most hormones needed by transfems.