Submitted on Tuesday 31st August 2021
Rejected on Monday 6th September 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
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Make medication for IBD free (Crohn’s and Colitis)
Crohn’s & Colitis are lifelong Inflammatory Bowel Diseases with no current cure. Living with a chronic condition is physically, mentally and emotionally challenging. IBD patients should be entitled to free prescription charges as it is a severe and a long-term health condition.
England is now the only part of the UK that charges for prescriptions, with charges having been abolished in Wales in 2007, Northern Ireland in 2010 and Scotland in 2011. A PPC costs £29.65 for 3 months or £105.90 for 12 months, which is cheaper than paying for individual prescriptions but isn’t enough, it should be free. Diabetes patients are permitted to free prescriptions, whereas IBD patients are not. Both can be considered dehabilitating illnesses, so both should be treated the same.
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