Why it matters
Written prescription fees affect whether pet owners can compare medicine prices outside the practice.
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Written prescription fee tracker
Source-backed written prescription fee prices with medians, ranges and sample sizes where mapped observations pass the publication gates.
As of 2 Aug 2026, the median UK written prescription fee is £21, from 1,150 checked prices, with 1,272 mapped prescription-fee prices tracked in total. Source: Compare Vet Pricing.
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This tracker has passed the mapped sample-size gate for public indexing. It remains a comparison benchmark, not a quote, and individual fees should be confirmed with the practice.
| Fee type | Median | Range | Comparable prices | Latest observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written prescription fee | £21 | £2 to £435 | 1,150 | 2 Aug 2026 |
| Repeat prescription fee | £45 | £6 to £62 | 122 | 1 Aug 2026 |
What is shown
Median fee, range, sample size, source freshness, and ownership/location splits.
Current action
Unmapped and newly crawled labels should continue to be resolved into the prescription-fee taxonomy.
Use the prescription savings calculator to test medicine price, prescription fee and delivery assumptions. The procedure-level guide is available on the written prescription fee prices page. Current indexed reports are available in the data hub.