This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition End unfair prescription charges for asthma medication
Asthma is a long-term condition which affects 5.4 million people (1 in 11) in the UK.
Prescription charges for other long-term conditions, such as Hypothyroidism and Diabetes, are provided free of charge.
Please end the unfair prescription charge for asthma medications and help save lives.
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According to research by Asthma UK, 98% of nurses support the review of the current medical exemptions list, and 57% have had patients who have had an asthma attack or needed emergency care because their patient skipped their medication due to this cost. Their research has also found that the UK has one of the worst asthma death rates in Europe, with the rate of people dying from an asthma attack increasing by more than 20% in five years.
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