Please would you sign this petition?

verynewmoneysaver

My 18 year old son was daignosed with Crohns disease this year and has received a tremendous amount of medication. This condition is similar to ulcerative colitis. Thank God we live in Wales. I have signed the petition.

nikib_3

I have signed it too, its a worthy cause

ethansmum

My Dad was diagnosed with UC after 3 months of hell, lossing over half his body weight and almost dying. He had a colosotomy when he was well enough to survive the surgery. It took well over 6 months in hospital and a further 6 months or rest before he was 'back to normal'.

I've happily signed your petition!

moneysaving_pharmacist

I think you would be better off asking for a review of the whole prescription charge arrangements than just looking at one condition. Adding UC or cancer to the current list of exemptions only perpetuates the current situation where there is really no rhyme nor reason for why people get medical exemptions.

Personally I would favour a system where everyone pays a small fee for each item, with a cap on the total fees paid per year - something like £1 per item upto £50 per year. This would at least make people think when ordering repeat prescriptions - the amount of stock returned by patients which has not even been touched makes my blood boil at times.

catlover1_2

Sorry won't be signing as I thonk £90 is excellent vaalue for all your prescriptions and a substantial subsidy already ... the NHS is stetched as it is and I would go the otherway and abolish free prescriptions for things like diabeties ...

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mr_rush

every patient group has their own agenda. unfortunately with finite resources and free at point of access service, the NHS can't make everyone happy all the time.