How much have NHS prescriptions increased to and who doesn't have to pay?
The cost of an NHS prescription has now risen in what pharmacists describe as a “tax on the working poor”.
Prescriptions will remain free in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Tase Oputu, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England, said: “This is a dark day for patients who will now have to pay nearly £10 for each item on their prescription.
"The relentless annual increase in charge is making medicines unaffordable for many. This is totally unacceptable. You can, it seems, put a price on .
