Tax credits are ending – downloadable poster for pharmacies to display

Community pharmacy teams are reminded that, from 6 April 2025, patients who hold a tax credit exemption certificate will no longer receive automatic entitlement to free NHS prescriptions under the ‘Tax Credit exemption certificate’ category. This is because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be ending tax credit payments on 5 April 2025.

To help communicate the changes to patients currently receiving tax credits, the NHS Business Services Authority has produced a poster for community pharmacies to display.  The poster can be downloaded here or from the following link: NHS Help with Health Costs – Tax Credit ending.

For more information on the upcoming changes to the tax credit exemption, please see our recent news story here.