Rejected petition Expand the NHS free prescriptions to include more daily/life saving medication.

NHS free prescriptions list should include other life threatening illnesses such as asthma for which inhalers save lives and daily use can prevent attacks. 3 in 10 people die daily due to asthma alone yet it's so commonplace. More illnesses need to be considered.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We cannot accept your petition in its current form as it does not call for specific action from either the UK Government or Parliament. It is not clear which conditions or medications you want to be prescribed without charge. If you want asthma sufferers to be exempt from prescription charges for inhalers, you could sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/123104

If you want prescriptions to be free for long term health conditions, you could sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121100

If you want all prescriptions to be free, you could sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124422

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 6 June 2016
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