 Re: NHS prescriptions as Private
The chap was (ironically) doing it in wales, during and after the miners' strike IIRC (this is all IIRC!) - took a loooong time to come to court. He was doing it to save the miners' money in their hardship (no pay, no benefits) and only charged the cost of the meds - ie no profit margin involved (or may have been +standard nhs dispensing fee??? anyway, nothing major).
Eventually found guilty of witholding the NHS's property - the FP10s, which he was holding as private scripts for 2 years. Not really fined or anything but the case was brought to make precedent clear that this action is illegal.
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