Submitted on Thursday 4th October 2018
Rejected on Thursday 11th October 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Include more medical conditions that qualify for free prescriptions in England.
Currently there are only a small number of medical conditions that qualify for free prescriptions in England. Asthma, COPD and mental health are not included, they should be. Yet these conditions can threaten life, just like epilepsy and diabetic illness.
There is clear evidence that Asthma can become a life threatening illness without ongoing medical treatment by way of inhaled drugs and in some cases, oral medicines. Yet despite this, you must pay for these drugs either per item or via a PPC. The same is true for mental health medicines, which do save lives too.
I’d like the government to include more chronic illnesses in the list of conditions that qualify for free prescriptions in England.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the UK Government and Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you would like the Government to include more medical conditions that qualify for free prescriptions but we aren't sure which conditions you would like to see covered.
You could start a new petition calling for free prescriptions for all life threatening chronic illnesses if that is something you would like to see happen.
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