This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition Arthritis/Anklyosing Spondylitis to be added to the NHS medical exempt list.
Anklyosing Spondylitis is an auto-immune disease effecting more than 200,000 people in the UK. Currently there is no cure, so the only way to manage the pain and flare up's is to take medication... Taking 20 tablets+ daily and not having free prescriptions.
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I am petitioning for Anklyosing Spondylitis and Arthritis sufferers to be given free prescriptions and both conditions to be added to the NHS medical exempt list. This condition can affect any of us, and is usually diagnosed in your twenties. Having to pay for prescriptions or prescription pre-payments till you're sixty is not fair, and it needs to be added to the medical condition exempt form.
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MPs want to hear your views on arthritis
On Thursday 20 October at 3pm, MPs will debate National Arthritis Week in Westminster Hall. The debate will be led by Jim Shannon MP.
You can watch the debate live on Parliament TV: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons
Get involved:
Share your thoughts, experiences and questions that you would like to be asked in the debate.
Join the conversation on the Arthritis Research UK Facebook page from Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 October: https://www.facebook.com/arthritisresearchuk/
All comments will be collated and shared with Jim Shannon MP ahead of the debate.
You can find out more information on the Parliament website: http://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say-on-laws/digital-debates/
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