The gap between prescription charges in England and Scotland has widened dramatically to £2.10 as people south of the border were stung by a 25p increase. At the same time the Scots, whose charges will end altogether by 2011, enjoyed a 25 per cent fall in the price of their prescriptions from £6.85 to £5. The rise and fall of charges for people on opposite sides of the Border will add to discontent in England about the higher level of funding for public services in Scotland.
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Scots' prescriptions cut to £5 the same day English charges are RAISED to £7.10 - Daily Mail 1st April 2008
Scottish prescriptions cut to £5 - BBC Health News 31st March 2008
Prescription gap widens in UK - The Telegraph 2nd April 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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