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No NHS Prescription Charge for people who suffer with Asthma.

Submitted on Tuesday 21st June 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

No NHS Prescription Charge for people who suffer with Asthma.

Petition Details

If someone is diagnosed with Asthma, it isn't their fault. So why should we have to pay for a prescription for something that is essential?

5.4 million people suffer with asthma in the UK and every 10 seconds, someone is having a potential life-threatening attack (Asthma UK)

Additional Information

In 2014 1216 people died from Asthma.

Asthma attacked hospitalise someone every 8 minutes; 185 people are admitted to hospital because of asthma attacks every day in the UK (Asthma UK)


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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