This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Charge Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland for NHS prescriptions.
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The NHS need funding, so by charging the other 3 country’s in the UK to pay for the prescriptions like England do per item will help the funding.
England are the only country in the UK to pay for medical prescriptions, per item. Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland don’t pay, with them 3 country’s paying for the prescriptions the money should go to the NHS to help fund them
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about the delivery of public health services - including prescription charges - in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.