{"id":127,"date":"2007-02-26T21:41:11","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T20:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2016-04-21T18:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T17:48:47","slug":"can-i-get-free-or-cheap-prescriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/can-i-get-free-or-cheap-prescriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I get free or cheap prescriptions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the UK we are very lucky that some basic gluten free staples are available on prescription &#8211; items such as flour, bread, pasta, pizza bases, crackers and a few plain sweet biscuits.<\/p>\n<p>It does cost money to get prescriptions filled &#8211; in England, but not in Wales &#8211; but in certain circumstances the charges are waived, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>if you are under 16, or under 19 and in full-time education<\/li>\n<li>if you are 60 or over<\/li>\n<li>if you (or your partner) gets one of the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Income Support.<\/li>\n<li>Income-based Jobseeker&#8217;s Allowance.<\/li>\n<li>Pension Credit Guarantee Credit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>if you have an NHS tax credit exemption certificate.<\/li>\n<li>some war pensioners &#8211; if treatment is connected with the pensionable disability.<\/li>\n<li>if you have a prescription exemption certificate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can get a prescription exemption certificate if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you are pregnant or have had a child in the past year (ask for a form FW8 from your doctor or health visitor)<\/li>\n<li>you have one of a range of medical conditions, such as diabetes or epilepsy (ask your doctor if you are exempt and ask for form FP92A)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also be able to get the prescription charge reduced:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by buying a &#8216;season ticket&#8217; (Prescription Prepayment Certificate) &#8211; ask your doctor or pharmacist, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppa.org.uk\/ppa\/ppc_intro.htm\">the Prescription Pricing Authority<\/a>, or call 0845 850 0030 with a credit\/debit card.<\/li>\n<li>or if you have a low income.  This will depend on your circumstances &#8211; ask at the social security office, or get one from a hospital or call <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">08701 555 455<\/span> <em>Edited on 30 June 08 to show the new cheaper number to call: <strong>0300 123 1002<\/strong> (minicom <strong>0300 123 1003<\/strong>) <\/em>(NHS Responseline) and ask for one to be sent to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have to pay for prescriptions, it is definitely worth buying a season ticket, as this will significantly reduce the cost to you over the year.  And of course, it will be valid for <em>any<\/em> prescription, not just gluten free food.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the UK we are very lucky that some basic gluten free staples are available on prescription &#8211; items such as flour, bread, pasta, pizza bases, crackers and a few plain sweet biscuits. It does cost money to get prescriptions filled &#8211; in England, but not in Wales &#8211; but in certain circumstances the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-living-gluten-free","7":"category-gluten-free-prescriptions","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.free-from.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}