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<blockquote data-quote="DavidGrahamJones" data-source="post: 1789499" data-attributes="member: 245335"><p>Absolutely. If I wasn't diabetic or over 65 that would be spot on. However this is a tax that they collect on behalf of the government and is deducted from amounts paid by the government to the pharmacy. Having looked into how pharmacies are paid I can see that funding to pharmacists has been cut over the last 2 years by as much as 20% (just one figure I saw mentioned).</p><p></p><p>There is something known as a Single Activity Fee, which is £1.13, so the more single activity fees, the more money being made. For the amount of work they have to do for that £1.13, I'm not convinced that would have any baring on the number of my prescriptions, but who knows?</p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/breaking-news-final-cuts-package-announced" target="_blank">https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/breaking-news-final-cuts-package-announced</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561495/Community_pharmacy_package_A.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561495/Community_pharmacy_package_A.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidGrahamJones, post: 1789499, member: 245335"] Absolutely. If I wasn't diabetic or over 65 that would be spot on. However this is a tax that they collect on behalf of the government and is deducted from amounts paid by the government to the pharmacy. Having looked into how pharmacies are paid I can see that funding to pharmacists has been cut over the last 2 years by as much as 20% (just one figure I saw mentioned). There is something known as a Single Activity Fee, which is £1.13, so the more single activity fees, the more money being made. For the amount of work they have to do for that £1.13, I'm not convinced that would have any baring on the number of my prescriptions, but who knows? Source: [URL]https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/news/breaking-news-final-cuts-package-announced[/URL] [URL]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561495/Community_pharmacy_package_A.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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