Energy efficient homes to apy less council tax?

[alan]

That will not save any money. It will not exempt them from prescription charges. it just puts a yearly limit on the cost at £104 per person.

[Bill]

Oh, come on, have you no soul? Is life just about money?

If I tidied up a bit, I'd help provide a green and pleasant land.

I'm also helping to provide the air that they breathe while capturing tons of carbon. And the wind doesn't have to blow for it to work.

[Tim Streater]

Well we'd have to charge you schedule A tax on that notional work you've done, though. That OK?

[Andy Burns]

life isn't but certainly tax is. The more spurious discounts dished out, the higher the tax is for everyone else.

Temporarily, until someone chops it down and burns it.

[Dave Liquorice]

That'll be me then, self employed ...

[Dave Liquorice]

Or for not having street lights, nearest one to here is a mile and half a way, street/verge cleaning, gully clearing, litter bins in town, traffic wardens, etc

[Dave Liquorice]

For the purposes of a prescription charge what defines an "item"?

Both her and my meds come in 28 day packets, so 8 weeks would require two packs, two items? Google tells me that mine might be available in

112 size packs but I can't actually find any other reference to that pack size.

[Dave Liquorice]

But if we only have to pay for 12 prescriptions a year rather than

24... All depends on what defines an "item" in prescription terms.

[polygonum]

Two nuclear power stations for what, two or three million people? that was a real contribution to maintaining our energy supply.

[Fredxx]

Then by forming a ltd company you can nominally set your own income and make sure you get all these benefits.

If you take the mickey HMRC might have some words, but anywhere near the threshold and you're a winner. Plus you can get further expenses such as 45p per mile for running your car and company mobile for you and your employed wife?

Self employments and benefits don't mix.

[tim.....]

If it's two packets of the same drug it's still one item

tim

[tim.....]

if you know that you're going to need it all year just buy a "season" ticket

tim

[alan]

A prescription is a single item on the form irrespective of the number of tablets. My charge for a prescription didn't go up when the doctor doubled the dose.

You don't need a 8 weeks supply per item - you want fewer prescriptions therefore 6 months supply per prescription. You may find however that a doctor is unwilling to prescribe more than 3 months supply in one go.

It's interesting to see the wholesale prices for the medication you may be taking. Most of my (generic) prescribed medicines comes out at less than 50p packet (£1.50 to £3 for a three month supply) but I once had some "paint" for a foot infection that was £160 for 10ml and I went through 5 bottles.

Prices found around 4 years ago when I first started taking long term prescribed drugs.

[SteveW]

Any government scheme tends to work out like that. I've looked at a few schemes and one that springs to (money saving, not energy saving) was grants to retro-fit cars for LPG. I looked at it, as at the time I was doing high mileages, but it turned out that it would be around £1200 to get it done at the local, approved fitter, but I could get around £800 grant if I went to the goverment grant scheme approved fitter - who charged £2000!

Similar pricing differences seem to occur with most goverment grant schemes.

Instead you get no financial help and they require you to pay the local council to inspect and approve your improvements!

I'd say "unlikely" is being severely over-optimistic!

SteveW

[Dave Liquorice]

The break even point for the 12 month "season" ticket is 14 prescriptions per year. A year, at 4 week intervals, is 13 prescriptions, odd that...

I may well get SWMBO'd to have a word with the GP about hers as that is under control and stable. For me it's a little more complicated as I'm under a specialist not the GP and I'm probably about to switch from an MAO-B inhibitor to a dopamine agonist as my symptoms have got a bit worse in last few months.

[Windmill]

Some would say "relocating to Scotland" !

[polygonum]

Unfair, isn't it?

A prepayment certificate does still have advantages. Like protection against increases in charges. And against finding yourself needing another prescription for any reason - connected or not with your main problems.

[dennis]

Ask the GP to do them every two months. Even better ask them to do them every three months, buy a 3 month prepay and get them dispensed, then do it a day earlier at the end and have 6 months for the price of three.

that's not how it is supposed to work. they should estimate the minimum saving and that should be the maximum paid.

[dennis]

If its on one line of the prescription then it is an item 99% of the time.

There are some packs with two drugs in them, in two different tabs/caps, they usually carry two charges but a lot of chemists get it wrong and only charge one. They have to pay.

There may be other variants but none that I know of.

PS the wife worked for the PPS.

[dennis]

One item if they are on the same script.

Just ask the GP to put tabs x 84 and get 3 months. the pharmacist will either supply three x 28 or split a pack of 112.