Submitted on Friday 27th March 2026
Rejected on Monday 13th April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make prescriptions free for adults with asthma.
Asthma is a lung disease. Approximately 4.3 million adults in the UK are currently receiving treatment for asthma, which equates to roughly 1 in 2 adults. The UK has some of the highest asthma prevalence and death rates in Europe.
Presently, prescriptions for medication are not free.
Asthma takes the lives of 4 people every day - 2 out of 3 of these deaths are preventable, usually by taking preventative inhalers,which, for some people are not free on prescription.
Over 41,000 emergency hospital admissions for adult asthma occurred in England in the year ending 2024.
Other potentially life limiting diseases are taken more seriously and prescriptions for diabetes and even thyroid disease are free for everyone.
We would like to see free prescriptions for everyone with Asthma.
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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.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Make Medicine Prescriptions Free for Asthma Pump Users
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/753986
216.73.216.30 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:20:49 +0100
