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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to investigate NHS penalty charges resulting from errors in direct debits for prescriptions.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to investigate NHS penalty charges resulting from errors in direct debits for prescriptions.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has no plans to investigate National Health Service penalty charges resulting from errors in direct debits for prescriptions.Only the 12-month Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PPC) can be paid for by direct debit, and there are processe...

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