Submitted by Menna Christie on Thursday 15th January 2026
Published on Monday 16th February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 16th August 2026
Current Signatures: 162
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Access ~ balance ~ bank account ~ Banks ~ Bringing ~ Charged ~ Closer ~ delayed ~ England ~ Ensure ~ Extend ~ Forced ~ fund ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ Ireland ~ Limited ~ NHS ~ Northern ~ Northern Ireland ~ Prescription charges ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ Scotland ~ vulnerability ~ Wales ~ Young people
Fund free NHS prescriptions for students and under-25s in England
Extend free NHS prescriptions in England to students and everyone under 25, recognising the financial vulnerability of young people and bringing England closer in line with the rest of the UK.
Students and young people often live on very limited incomes, with loans that barely cover rent. Prescription charges force some to delay treatment, ration medication, or not collect it at all. In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, prescriptions are free. England should follow and ensure access to healthcare is based on need, not the balance in your bank account.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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