Free medications
These medications are free for everyone:
- prescribed contraceptives
- medicines supplied at an NHS clinic or hospital for the treatment of:
- any medicine administered at an NHS hospital
- a mental disorder (for people with a supervised community treatment order)
- tuberculosis
Still not sure if you're allowed to claim free NHS prescriptions?
Use the NHS eligibility checker to find out if you're eligible for free NHS prescriptions and other help with health costs.
It usually takes three minutes to check.
Go to nhsbsa.nhs.uk/check