{"id":57441,"date":"2025-04-28T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57441\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:32:14","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-gives-new-update-on-2025-prescription-charges-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57441\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer gives new update on 2025 prescription charges for England"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cost of prescriptions often rises once a year – but 2025 will be different<\/p>\n

12:05, 28 Apr 2025Updated 12:09, 28 Apr 2025<\/p>\n

\"PrimePrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer talks to staff during a visit to Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre in Lancashire(Image: Peter Byrne\/PA)<\/p>\n

Prescription charges in England will be frozen for the first time in three years, the Prime Minister has announced. Prices will stay at \u00a39.90 per item while three-month and annual pre-payment certificates will also be frozen for 2025\/26.<\/p>\n

A three-month prescription pre-payment certificate (PPC) will have the same cost as now, at \u00a332.05, while a 12-month one will remain at \u00a3114.50. The cost of the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) certificate is also frozen.<\/p>\n

The Government said the move will save patients about \u00a318 million next year while those already exempt from paying prescriptions will continue to be so.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir Starmer announced the freeze on a visit to a health centre in Rossendale, Lancashire.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cToday we are freezing prescription charges so that means they won\u2019t go over \u00a310 and that is really significant, because very many people have to pay for prescriptions. There\u2019s a sort of cost-of-living crisis that is still very challenging for people, so this is an important measure in that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the only measure of course \u2013 we are taking steps on school uniforms to limit the cost of school uniforms, we\u2019re driving up the minimum wage, we\u2019ve got breakfast clubs coming on stream, that\u2019s something we announced last week, which will save families about \u00a3450.<\/p>\n

“Each of these, in their incremental way, will ease the pressure that people feel because of the cost-of-living crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said: \u201cThis Government\u2019s plan for change will always put working people first and our moves today to freeze prescription charges will put money back into the pockets of millions of patients.<\/p>\n

“Fixing our NHS<\/a> will be a long road \u2013 but by working closer with our pharmacies we\u2019re saving money and shifting care to the community where it\u2019s closer to your home. We made the difficult but necessary choices at the budget to fund moves like this and change our NHS so it can once again be there for you when you need it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PrimePrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets patients(Image: Peter Byrne\/PA)<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: \u201cWe promised to build an NHS fit for the future and that started with the \u00a326 billion funding boost I delivered at the budget, to repair and improve the many vital services it provides.<\/p>\n

“Since then, waiting lists are falling, staff are better paid and supported, and today \u00a318 million has been kept in patients\u2019 pockets by freezing prescription charges \u2013 easing the cost of living through our plan for change, delivering for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groups already exempt from prescription charges include children under 16 and those aged 16-18 in full-time education; people aged 66 and over; pregnant women and those who have had a baby in the last 12 months; people with specified medical conditions like diabetes or cancer and have valid exemption certificates.<\/p>\n

Those receiving some benefits and NHS inpatients also receive free prescriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cost of prescriptions often rises once a year – but 2025 will be different 12:05, 28 Apr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,211,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-57441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-nhs","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114415609061323422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}