UK HRT shortages: which products are affected and what to do about it Experts say seeking alternatives that deliver the same dose of oestrogen by the same method is key The Guardian - UK · Oct 15
NHS pension system declared a retired worker dead and stopped paying her; she borrowed money to fly to Britain to prove she was alive A retired NHS worker living in Cape Town found herself in an extraordinary financial crisis after the organisation responsible for her pension payments mistakenly recorded her as dead. Her pension stopped arriving in May 2026, leaving her struggling to pay everyday bills and forcing her to borrow money simply to… The Times of India · Aug 30
Trapped in a Pill Culture: Nearly 9.1 Million in England Rely on Antidepressants as Prescriptions Hit Record High NHS figures show a record 9.1 million people in England were prescribed antidepressants last year, raising concerns about medication reliance and mental health care effectiveness. International Business Times UK · Aug 25
How can I convince NHS pensions that I am not dead? It has not paid me for months and I am in severe financial distress, and apart from my husband while I try to sort it out The Guardian - UK · Aug 24
My mother has been overpaid her civil service pension and ordered to repay it Through no fault of their own, she faces repaying £100 a month until she is 93 or face legal action The Guardian - UK · Apr 7
Infosys Wins $1.6 Billion UK Healthcare Deal To Modernize Workforce Platform Infosys Limited (NYSE:INFY) on Tuesday announced that it has been awarded a £1.2 billion ($1.59 billion), 15-year contract by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to deliver the Future NHS Workforce Solution. Benzinga · Oct 14, 2025
I was fined despite paying for an NHS prescription The NHS Business Services Authority contacted me even though I had paid the fee that was due The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025
Thousands of children in England facing ‘heartbreaking’ waits for NHS dental care Exclusive: health leaders and MPs warn of ‘perfect storm’ in which children wait ‘in agony’ for treatment The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023
Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription Pregnant people are entitled to free prescriptions if they have a valid maternity exemption certificate Liverpool Echo · May 2, 2023
Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant The 33-year-old is now leading a petition to change pregnancy exemption certificates The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
NHS fines woman who miscarried for claiming free prescription for allergy pills Sadie Hawkes, 33, from Leeds, miscarried before she'd received her maternity exemption certificate, entitling her to free prescriptions, and was slapped with a fine by the NHS Daily Mirror · May 2, 2023
Pregnant Leeds woman fined by NHS after miscarriage She lost the baby and was then fined by the NHS Leeds Live · May 1, 2023
Woman who miscarried was fined by NHS for claiming free prescription 'I had to prove I was pregnant in the first place. It was horrible' Wales Online · May 1, 2023
Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant Plight of expectant mum who miscarried is latest case exposing errors in issuing charge exemption certificates The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023 NHS website crash stops women getting cheaper HRT after price cut A prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) for HRT will last for 12 months and cost £19.30 for the year
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023 Apology as women unable to access website as cheaper HRT prescriptions launched The NHS Business Services Authority website was up and running on Saturday afternoon.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023 Cancer could kill me, but I face an NHS fine over prescriptions I haven’t paid since I was diagnosed in 2020 but now realise I needed an exemption certificate
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023 Parents still waiting for food vouchers after NHS scheme beset by IT problems Exclusive: Healthy Start scheme began switch away from paper coupons to digital system in 2021
The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022 I prepay my prescriptions but now face a £150 fine for ‘fraud’ The NHS Business Services Authority suspects me of wrongly ticking the prepayment certificate box
Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2022 Dad 'paralysed' after rare Covid jab reaction wins £120,000 payout in 'horrendous' process Anthony Shingler, 58, was handed the £120,000 tax-free payout on Tuesday after his wife, Nicola, applied for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme more than a year ago
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022 NHS sent my wife a penalty notice for getting a prescription Unknown to her, her prepay certificate had been returned as ‘incorrect address’ and been cancelled
Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022 Woman gets £120,000 NHS payout after singer fiancé died following Covid jab Vikki Split is believed to be the first Brit to receive vaccine damage payment compensation
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022 Thousands of families miss out on healthy food benefit due to IT failures NHS Healthy Start’s Facebook page flooded with complaints after about 52,000 families were unable to sign up
The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022 NHS wants to take back my grant for paramedic training I’ve been paid £1,300, but now I’ve been told I don’t qualify for the money and must return it
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2022 Families of people who died after taking Covid vaccine ‘ignored’ as zero compensation payouts made More than 1,200 claims have been made to the government’s Vaccines Damages Payment Scheme, but no compensation has yet to be paid out