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Calpol’s FREE On The NHS – But It’s All Part Of A Hush Hush Scheme

One mum spilled the beans on her Facebook page…

Did you know you there’s no need to cough up for Calpol? Yep, we didn’t either. But apparently you can.

It’s all part of a scheme that the NHS has kept quiet, which enables parents to get medical supplies for their child’s ‘minor ailments’.

Think of all of the money you could've saved on Calpol and children's medicine over the years... [Rex]
Think of all of the money you could've saved on Calpol and children's medicine over the years... [Rex]



And no one would have known about it had one mum not told the world on Facebook.

Christine Davidson was buying Calpol for her child in Boots when she commented to the cashier it was pretty expensive. The sales assistant responded that she could in fact get the medicine free under the ‘minor ailments scheme’.

“For all the mammies and daddies – I was in Boots yesterday buying calpol and happened to complain to the cashier how expensive it is,” Davidson, from Scotland, wrote on her Facebook page.

“She told me to my amazement that if you register your details with them under the ‘minor ailments scheme’ that all medicines etc. for children are free. A scheme that has been going for 8 years. They are not allowed to advertise it, but you can save a small fortune on calpol, piriton, sudocrem, plasters, etc! I wish I had known 8 years ago!”

The scheme isn't allowed to be advertised... but now everyone knows [Rex]
The scheme isn't allowed to be advertised... but now everyone knows [Rex]



Davidson’s post went viral immediately, receiving over 100,000 shares and hundreds of likes as parents all over the UK realised they’ve been shelling out on medical items that they could have got free.

Apparently, the scheme can’t be advertised as it’s designed to help low income families and relieve the pressure that GPs are under.

Rather than booking a doctor’s appointment, parents who are after medication for their kids can be given them free of charge on the NHS, from local pharmacies that participate in the scheme.

A spokesperson for the NHS said, “These minor ailments schemes were established to provide NHS funded, over the counter medicines to people on lower incomes.

“The scheme prevents the need for patients to have medicines for minor illnesses prescribed by a GP – leaving the GP more time for patients with more complicated conditions.”

Minor ailments are defined as ‘common or self-limiting or uncomplicated condition, which can be diagnosed and managed without medical intervention.’

They include; colds, conjunctivitis, constipation, coughs, diarrhea, earache, hayfever, head lice, headache and fever, heartburn and indigestion, insect bites and stings, mild eczema and dermatitis, mouth ulcers, nappy rash, sore throat, teething, threadworm and thrush.

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