Posts Tagged ‘Prescription Charges Coalition’
Review The List – Prescription Charges Rise Today
NHS prescription charges rise to £9.15 today with patients having to pay 15p more for their medicines. There is no charge for prescriptions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Hibbs Lupus Trust is a member of the Prescription Charges Coalition, calling on the government to scrap unfair prescription charges for people living with lupus…
Read MoreEmergency Suspension of Prescription Charges
The Hibbs Lupus Trust along with fellow members of the Prescription Charges Coalition are calling for an emergency suspension of prescription charges with immediate effect for all people with long-term conditions in England, to aid the efforts of Public Health England in delaying the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The government’s coronavirus action plan encourages the…
Read MorePrescription charges to go up from next month
NHS prescription charges will rise to £9.15 next month, the Government has announced. Patients will have to pay 15p more for their medicines from April 1. The prescription cost in England is currently £9 after it was increased from £8.80 last year. There is no charge for prescriptions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Laura…
Read MoreEnd Prescription Charges for people with long-term conditions
In June it will be the 50 year anniversary of the medical exemption list, which grants people with some conditions free prescriptions and excludes others.
Read MoreFree Prescriptions in England for Long-Term Conditions
Prescription charges in England will increase to £8.40 on Friday 1st April 2016. You can read our response to this announcement here!
Read MorePrescription Charge Rises to £8.40
Responding to the Department of Health’s announcement of an increase in the prescription charge to £8.40 in England on April 1st 2016, Jackie Glatter of the Prescription Charges Coalition, a group of nearly 40 organisations including The Hibbs Lupus Trust, campaigning to end prescription charges for people with long-term medical conditions, said:
Read MoreThe Hibbs Lupus Trust joins the Prescription Charges Coalition
The Hibbs Lupus Trust has joined together with over 30 other organisations to campaign for an end to unfair prescription charges for people with long-term medical conditions.
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