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Juan Mourep

Juan Mourep

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Parents have discovered that the NHS will cover the cost of some children's over-the-counter medication, such as Calpol, after one mother's Facebook post went viral.

Christine Davidson's post, in which she explained parents could be saving a small fortune thanks to a little known "minor ailments scheme", was shared over 100,000 times on Facebook.

"I was in Boots yesterday buying Calpol and happened to complain to the cashier how expensive it is," she wrote in the post.

"She told me, to my amazement, that if you register your details with them under the 'minor ailments scheme' that all medicines for children are free - a scheme that has been going for eight years."

 
Blimey that is amazing Juan dude never realised this and when the Mrs gets back she will be amazed, when the baba's am poorly the Calpol and Iburofen which you have to give them staggered between each doeses for fevers over 38/39 degree's does cost a small fortune with the two kids and soon three to be even more expensive,,,,,,,,will look at registering on this scheme as it would save us about £3.49 for Calpol a time and Iburofen not sure if the mrs gets that at the doctors tbh,,,,,

Cheers Juan dude very much great help this is!!!!!
 
Here's the link ot it, through BOOT's. Tells you more and about entitlement as you have to beable to get free scripts.

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The NHS Minor Ailments service

Common illnesses such as coughs and snuffles affect us all from time to time. If you are suffering from a common illness such as a cold, hayfever, diarrhoea or other minor illness, do you really need to make an appointment to see the doctor?

Help for common illnesses

Some Boots pharmacies offer a Minor Ailments Service. This is an NHS service for people, including children, who don't pay for prescription charges.* It means that if your pharmacist thinks you need a medicine to treat your minor illness, and you are eligible, they can supply it free of charge.**

*different eligibility criteria apply in Scotland, please ask in store
**subject to pharmacist availability

Where is the service available?

This service is only offered in selected stores in England and Wales where the Clinical Commissioning Group or Health Board commissions the service and throughout Boots stores in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the service is commissioned nationally. Ask your local Boots pharmacist whether they offer this service in store.

Cont: http://www.boots.com/en/Pharmacy-Health/Health-pharmacy-services/Pharmacy-services-support/I-need-more-information/Minor-ailments-service-NHS/
 
That's brilliant! All my kids have grown up but for anyone with a young family, that is indeed good news. Problem is, very few know about it.
 
Yeah i am so greatful for the help off yo lot, Mrs was shocked when i told her,,,,every little helps specially when you got very little hehehe ;)
 
Brilliant, another ridiculous scheme aimed at bankrupting our NHS. Sorry, its good for people I agree but why have it? This whole free medication and prescriptions thing irritates me because you have good, honest, working people paying for medications for Chronic conditions on a regular basis and then you have people who don't want to lift a finger who get free prescriptions automatically. Its wrong, all wrong. Should abolish free prescriptions if you ask me unless you have a life threatening illness or condition.
 
Anyone who is diabetic, working or not, can get free prescriptions. You just need to pick up the form at your Dr's or chemist for it. Alot who don't know that either
 
I am always for anything that helps kids and ill people, i get the argument about free giveaways on the NHS but me and the Mrs earn very little and for people like us £3.50 is an help that can be put towards nappies or fruit veg etc, so i see both sides of the argument tbh, it is a tricky one, should stop free prescriptions for people earning massive amounts on welfare cos they could afford it maybe that would work but then i guess there would be a counter argument i dunno, tricky debate tbh
 
Well maybe i'm just being petty or selfish or jealous i don't know but I don't get why some chronic conditions are included in the prescritpion exemption. Diabetes patients get free prescriptions, i have no issue with that as it can be costly and have to take medication every day. However my Crohns isn't included and without my tablets i take every day, I wouldn't be in remission and wouldn't be able to lead a normal life like I do. There's too many loopholes and this is my issue. I pay £30 every 3 months for my medication. I don't think thats much in the grand scheme of things but when less conditions or problems get them for free it does irritate you.
 
I totally get your point and where yam coming from randy lad, i knew there was things like this which is why i was thinking what about other conditions etc when you mentioned it being unfair,,,that imho is unfair, how is it fair to get everybody the help they need without favouring certain conditions etc,,,this is one of them tough tough situations and i ay got a clue how we would do this tbh,,,,only way would be to abolish free prescriptions but then poor folk who ay lounge about welfare spongers would suffer and proably not end up affording medical help,,,,,Blimey this is a can of worms scenario

Only way i can think we could make it fair for your situation and illness compare to others being free is earnings related maybe, someboady with diabetes can afford there own care and medication if they earn over say 40k or 50k a year? Then under that amount salary is free,,,i really just dunno and i feel its unfair you have to pay whatever amount but other illness's don't,,,never realsied this happens tbh
 
I think the thing is what do you count as a life needing script free and what you don't. There will always be others that should be free. When was the last time this was looked at and updated?

Then you have people like my son who is bipolar and if he doesn't take his meds............ He can be blinkin bad enough on them.

I read yesterday when I popped in our local pharmacy that the monies for scripts don't go to the pharmacy. They are a contribution to The NHS as the scripts would cost far more than what they do.

Do you get free scripts Clive? If not you best read that link I posted as from that is saying it is only for people getting free scripts as adults who can get it for their children
 
randy.stand - 23/5/2015 11:35

Brilliant, another ridiculous scheme aimed at bankrupting our NHS.
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Mismanagement, consultants charging exorbitant fees, mismanagement, layer upon layer of "middle management" paper shufflers, rip off med companies and equipment suppliers and did I mention mismanagement?

Sorry, its good for people I agree but why have it? This whole free medication and prescriptions thing irritates me because you have good, honest, working people paying for medications for Chronic conditions on a regular basis and then you have people who don't want to lift a finger who get free prescriptions automatically. Its wrong, all wrong.
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Then you have good, honest people who can't work, who barely get enough to live on, then you have good, honest, working people who scrape by on less than minimum wage, thankfully some of you get a decent wage Simon, but I don't begrudge you that mate, good luck to you.

Should abolish free prescriptions if you ask me unless you have a life threatening illness or condition.
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So we then have Docs prescribing drugs which you then have to take other drugs to enable you to handle the sides, should people pay for the extra meds that they have to have to handle the other meds they pay for and so on... I understand your position, but you really should understand that it's not all black and white.

I would have no problem with a means tested system.

I would have no problem with big pharma having their stranglehold on meds removed and their price fixing outlawed.

I know you're in the system, you know this is true, I know med reps, Docs, consultants and radiology staff, all close friends who regularly talk about the mismanagement in the system, it's a breeding ground for back handers.

But that free bottle of Calpol is going to break the bank?


 
Juan Mourep - 23/5/2015 13:49

I would have no problem with big pharma having their stranglehold on meds removed and their price fixing outlawed.
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It's a nice thought, but many medicines take years of expensive research and development. If you remove the ability to generate large profits, where does the incentive to invest large sums of money in the development of new treatments come from?
 
Don't worry, Simon. You'll all be paying the full American once the Tories spot the low hanging fruit.
 
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