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How much is a written prescription in the UK?

Across 2000 UK practices that publish it, the written prescription price is £11 to £51, typically £27. The typical price is lowest in East London (£18) and highest in Bromley (£41). Last updated 28 October 2026.

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Written prescription: £11 to £51, typically £27 (2000 practices)
Each extra item on it: £3.50 to £55, typically £12.50 (253 practices)

Under the CMA’s new rules, written prescription fees will be capped at £21.40 for the first medicine and £12.70 for each extra one: from 23 March 2027 at large groups and 23 September 2027 at smaller practices. Buying the medicine online with a written prescription is often much cheaper: see our medicine price checker.

Typical written prescription price by area

Area	Typical	Range	Practices
East London	£18	£16 – £33	9
South West London	£18.90	£15.68 – £25	7
North London	£20	£16 – £26	8
Bolton	£21	£18.50 – £27	8
Colchester	£21	£16 – £35	17
Coventry	£21	£15 – £44	24
Dudley	£21	£16 – £35	21
Enfield	£21	£15 – £38	10
Harrogate	£21	£20 – £27	7
Kingston upon Thames	£21	£16 – £35.96	13
Kirkcaldy	£21	£15 – £38	12
Leicester	£21	£15 – £31	22
Liverpool	£21	£14.50 – £34	13
Luton	£21	£21 – £31	5
Motherwell	£21	£13.90 – £35	6
Oldham	£21	£16 – £32	11
Romford	£21	£15 – £27	7
Southall	£21	£11 – £27	5
Swindon	£21	£16 – £51	19
Tonbridge	£21	£12.50 – £35	29
Warrington	£21	£15 – £37	18
Watford	£21	£16 – £35	10
West London	£21	£18 – £36	5
Leeds	£22	£20 – £40	23
Twickenham	£22	£16 – £36	10
Wakefield	£22	£19 – £48.42	19
Teesside	£22.50	£16 – £30	21
Medway	£24	£15 – £36	22
Peterborough	£24	£15 – £37	39
Preston	£24	£16 – £30	13
Southend-on-Sea	£24	£21 – £27	9
Wigan	£24	£21 – £30	6
Darlington	£24.75	£15 – £30.89	12
Cardiff	£25	£18 – £36	33
Worcester	£25	£18 – £36	16
St Albans	£25.33	£16 – £34	7
Milton Keynes	£25.84	£17.50 – £35	12
Shrewsbury	£26	£20.02 – £40	15
York	£26	£16 – £33	28
Truro	£26.25	£20 – £39	18
Redhill	£26.50	£17.50 – £39	21
Stockport	£26.50	£19.50 – £32	12
Aberdeen	£27	£16 – £36	10
Bath	£27	£20 – £39	28
Belfast	£27	£15 – £47	34
Birmingham	£27	£15 – £44	43
Bournemouth	£27	£15.30 – £34	17
Brighton	£27	£18 – £36	47
Cambridge	£27	£20 – £35	9
Canterbury	£27	£15 – £37	17
Chelmsford	£27	£15 – £38	22
Chester	£27	£20 – £38.14	33
Crewe	£27	£21 – £33	20
Croydon	£27	£25.85 – £27	5
Derby	£27	£16 – £39	30
Doncaster	£27	£14.40 – £36	12
Edinburgh	£27	£21 – £48	39
Exeter	£27	£12.50 – £39.50	32
Falkirk	£27	£21 – £30	9
Glasgow	£27	£16 – £35	27
Gloucester	£27	£17 – £40	31
Guildford	£27	£16 – £40	47
Halifax	£27	£20 – £48.42	6
Huddersfield	£27	£21 – £48.42	11
Ipswich	£27	£16 – £37	31
Manchester	£27	£20 – £34	22
Newcastle upon Tyne	£27	£18 – £35	41
Norwich	£27	£17 – £36	34
Nottingham	£27	£16 – £39	31
Oxford	£27	£21 – £39.50	28
Plymouth	£27	£12.50 – £40	27
Portsmouth	£27	£16 – £40	43
Reading	£27	£20 – £38	32
Sheffield	£27	£16.50 – £36	37
Slough	£27	£19 – £35	11
Southampton	£27	£18.50 – £36	30
Stevenage	£27	£19 – £38	17
Stoke-on-Trent	£27	£16 – £35	22
Sunderland	£27	£21 – £35	6
Swansea	£27	£19.90 – £33	23
Taunton	£27	£12 – £39	18
Telford	£27	£18 – £37	14
Torquay	£27	£15 – £37	18
Hereford	£28	£18 – £40.50	10
Llandudno	£28	£17.50 – £38	17
Walsall	£28	£16 – £33	17
Blackpool	£28.50	£20 – £31	6
Bristol	£29	£12.50 – £40	57
Blackburn	£30	£16 – £35	20
Bradford	£30	£20 – £36	16
Dundee	£30	£21 – £38	10
Galashiels	£30	£21 – £30	5
Perth	£30	£16 – £40	9
Durham	£30.89	£18.50 – £32.35	7
Dartford	£31	£21 – £41	8
Hemel Hempstead	£31	£15 – £35	20
South East London	£31	£20 – £41	10
Northampton	£32	£16 – £40	21
Kilmarnock	£33	£24 – £38	11
Lancaster	£33	£16 – £37.50	11
Lincoln	£33	£16 – £37	11
Paisley	£33	£24 – £35	5
Salisbury	£34	£11 – £37.25	13
Wolverhampton	£34	£19.50 – £35	12
Hull	£35	£20.48 – £35	10
Inverness	£35	£27 – £36	6
Newport	£36	£18 – £47	19
Bromley	£41	£18 – £41	7

Cheapest typical price first. Areas with prices from at least 5 practices.

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How much is a written prescription in the UK?

Across 2000 UK practices that publish it, the written prescription price is £11 to £51, with a typical (median) price of £27. Checked 28 October 2026.

Prices are taken from each practice’s own published price list, include VAT and are for a standard, straightforward case. We check every practice once a week; these prices were last updated on 28 October 2026. Always confirm with the practice before booking. How we collect and show prices.