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[jgoreham.livejournal.com]

I'm a Canadian in England and next month, I'll need to take a visit to the local walk-in clinic and get a new birth control prescription.  Can anybody tell me roughly how much money I'll be spending on my birth control prescription, or point me towards a resource that details information like pricing?  (Historically, I've been using Alesse, if that's useful at all)

Comments

[paraxeni.livejournal.com]

BC is free in the UK. :)

[littlemissalien.livejournal.com]

You won't have to pay - all BC is government subsidised. YAY!

[jgoreham.livejournal.com]

If you're English, yes. I'm a foreigner, though, and I've been led to believe I will be paying for any medical services I receive while I'm here.

[mizzpyx.livejournal.com]

I'm Irish, and when I lived in the UK, my BC was free.

Of course, nobody told me this. So off I went to the pharmacy, got my BC off the pharmacist, and then was a bit shocked when he turned around and went off to do something else, while I was getting my wallet out.

[littlemissalien.livejournal.com]

I just double checked it - some things you do have to pay for, but never BC/Family Planning stuff.

Linky (http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/family_parent/health/nhs_charges_for_people_from_abroad.htm).

And even if you're coming over on a work visa, that should be fine. It seems you would be entitled to free care for everything (depending on the length of your visa). I guess it's because you're contributing to the system.

[jgoreham.livejournal.com]

Very handy link, thanks :) I've been avoiding the need to see medical personnel since I got off the plane!

[maidenmorticia.livejournal.com]

If you're in the UK legally, you should be eligible for the NHS. When I lived in the UK on a student visa, they covered me. Of course, that was awhile ago, and things might have changed.

[jgoreham.livejournal.com]

While I think that's true for students, I don't think it is for me as somebody here on a working holidaymaker's visa.

[sushicandy.livejournal.com]

they won't even ask you where you're from. It's no struggle to get BC out of the clinics in England, they're only too happy to give it to you. i don't think you'll have any problems.

[angelicalangie.livejournal.com]

[u}ALL[/u] birth control is free under the NHS regardless of whether you are a national or here under any other means.

Lets face it it is the idea that birth control is cheaper ythan dealig with a kid or abortion costs.

[paraxeni.livejournal.com]

Exactly! One thing my government does not suck at is free bc for all.

(nice icon btw)