Submitted on Saturday 30th October 2021
Rejected on Monday 8th November 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Prescription exemption - Parkinson's disease patients & other chronic illnesses.
Curent prescription charge is £9.35. Placing Parkinson's disease in prescription exemptions list will help patients those who are on multiple medications. Chronic illnesses like multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis,COPD etc also consider for free prescriptions.
Parkinson's disease is a chronic neurological condition and which doesn't have a cure yet. Medications are the life line for Parkinson's patient. The medications helps them to control the symptoms and to help to attain the day to day activities which will enable them to lead a normal life with independence as much as they can.The Parkinson's medications should not be omitted at any cost as it can cause serious health impact on patients and at times which may not be reversible.
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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.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to sufferers of Parkinson's disease: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/589911
Free prescriptions for endometriosis, fibromyalgia, PCOS & chronic pain syndrome: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599345
We could accept a petition calling for free prescriptions for everyone who suffers from a chronic condition, but it would need to be clear from the title and text of your petition that this is what you want.
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