Dec 1, 2021
Morning-after pill: Call for Boots to cut price of emergency contraception
During the chemist's Black Friday promotion, its morning-after pill Levonorgestrel has been sold for £8 - outside of that it costs £15.99.The British Pregnancy Advisory Service says it shows it's possible big pharmacies can cut prices when it's in their own interests. "We sometimes offer short term promotions in order to raise awareness of certain services but it is not usually possible to sustain significant discounts in the long term."Our pricing model takes into account the expert clinical advice and consultation that we give with these services and the prices are in line with other high street pharmacies. In a letter to Boots' chief executive - and signed by 26 Labour MPs - Dame Diana Johnson points out that some online pharmacies are charging as little as £4 for the same medication. In England, contraception services are commissioned locally and it's available in sexual health clinics, some GP surgeries and some pharmacies - but it's not always free of charge. In 2017, some pharmacies - including Superdrug - reduced the price of the morning after pill after a campaign by BPAS.Boots initially refused to lower the cost because they believed doing so would "encourage inappropriate use".
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