Prescription medicines (non-toxic, non-flammable, including asthma inhalers) · Royal Mail / Parcelforce
What is the restriction type for Prescription medicines (non-toxic, non-flammable, including asthma inhalers) · Royal Mail / Parcelforce?
For Prescription medicines (non-toxic, non-flammable, including asthma inhalers), carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is UK; Parcelforce Worldwide international with a visible prescription; conditions is Net quantity per parcel not to exceed 1 litre/1kg; Parcelforce advise against globalexpress for prescription medicines; if sent, a copy of the prescription must be visible on the outside of the parcel, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
If the customer is insistent, please advise them that the parcel must have a copy of the prescription visible on the outside of the parcel. If a prescription is not attached, no compensation is available if the item is delayed, or is undeliverable.
— corporate.postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-10
- Item or substance
- Prescription medicines (non-toxic, non-flammable, including asthma inhalers)
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Parcelforce our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- UK; Parcelforce Worldwide international with a visible prescription our reading
- Conditions
- Net quantity per parcel not to exceed 1 litre/1kg; Parcelforce advise against globalexpress for prescription medicines; if sent, a copy of the prescription must be visible on the outside of the parcel.
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- corporate.postoffice.co.ukhttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf