{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/616370.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":616370,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Charge Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland for NHS prescriptions.","background":"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.","additional_details":"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","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":9,"created_at":"2022-05-10T11:10:48.868Z","updated_at":"2022-05-12T07:13:19.265Z","rejected_at":"2022-05-12T07:13:18.091Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-05-10T12:17:19.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.\r\n\r\nDecisions 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."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}