The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7403 p645
3 June 2006

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Plans outlined for Welsh prescription charge entitlement card to combat health tourism

Everyone who lives in Wales will be able to pay Welsh prescription charges, regardless of where their GP is based, health minister Brian Gibbons announced last week.

He outlined plans for an entitlement card during a visit to pharmacies in Wrexham and Shotton. The card will allow patients in Wales who live near the Anglo-Welsh border, but who are registered with a GP in England, to pay the Welsh prescription charge when they have a prescription dispensed in a pharmacy in Wales.

The entitlement cards are being introduced to combat health tourism, Mr Gibbons explained.“Legislation is now being worked on and we hope to introduce the entitlement cards over the next three months,” he added.