I have been to my GP for the first time in about 5 years today. It was for an ear infection. I was given a prescription for an atomiser spray which of course I took to the local chemist and was handed the item. The whole thing took about 90 minutes. Amazing! And at no cost to me. Is it any wonder that foreigners like us?
I was genuinely non-plussed. Very strange we Brits!
Dod
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Dod101 wrote:I have been to my GP for the first time in about 5 years today. It was for an ear infection. I was given a prescription for an atomiser spray which of course I took to the local chemist and was handed the item. The whole thing took about 90 minutes. Amazing! And at no cost to me. Is it any wonder that foreigners like us?
I was genuinely non-plussed. Very strange we Brits!
Dod
You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
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Mike4 wrote:You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
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Alaric wrote:Mike4 wrote:You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
"Get a prescription prepayment certificate" (in England):
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc
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tikunetih wrote:Alaric wrote:Mike4 wrote:You must be over 60 or you'd have been relieved of nine quid, surely....
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
"Get a prescription prepayment certificate" (in England):
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc
Terrible value for money for the OP. He only goes to the doc once every five years!
Edit to add: Oops, forgot the point I was making. Either way it isn't free as the OP asserted, unless you are in that strange place Snorv mentioned....
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Mike4 wrote:tikunetih wrote:Alaric wrote:
It's not widely publicised, but you can "buy" a "season ticket" that caps the annual cost. Being of an age where it's gratis anyway, I don't know how much it is now. I suspect less than the TV Licence.
"Get a prescription prepayment certificate" (in England):
https://www.gov.uk/get-a-ppc
Terrible value for money for the OP. He only goes to the doc once every five years!
Edit to add: Oops, forgot the point I was making. Either way it isn't free as the OP asserted, unless you are in that strange place Snorv mentioned....
It was posted for general info - like most posts on these boards - not for the OP, Dod101, who's in Scotland.
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