Many thanks to everyone for your answers.

I'm afraid we are not planning to SETTLE in England any more, it is not the same country that I was brought up in.
Well the country is still great, but the people that run it are useless.
We will be far better off living in the Philippines or may be New Zealand.

Only reason I asked about free prescriptions was , I have been paying in to the system for 55 years, so thought it was time to get some back if it was available.

Asylum seekers get everything for nothing !!

Anyway, no problems we will only be there for a few months and going back and fore now is getting very expensive.

Thanks.

John