The current prescription charge is £9.65 per item.
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Prescription charges are for each item not each prescription. For example, if your prescription has 3 medicines on it you will have to pay the prescription charge 3 times.
Some items are always free, including contraception and medicines prescribed for hospital inpatients.
If you know you'll have to pay for a lot of NHS prescriptions, it may be cheaper to buy a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC).