Should NHS prescriptions be free?
Doctors are urging the Government to abolish prescription charges for all patients.
Failure to do so will lead to an arbitrary system of “winners and losers”, the British Medical Association (BMA) warned.
It said the Government in England should follow the example of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and make prescriptions free for everyone.
Public health minister Dawn Primarolo said: “In England, 89 per cent of prescription items are dispensed for free, the remainder provide valuable income to the NHS, of £437 million in 2009/10, which goes towards to the safety and speed of healthcare…..
So should patients have to pay for their prescriptions, should some have to pay or should they all be free?
Your views?
http://itn.co.uk/news/1e3d0e0f696023d202a520918bc37e41.html
We’re so damn lucky in this country…I think we forget that sometimes.
In America, people have to sell their own homes sometimes to pay for life-saving treatment.
I dunno if I’m a lone voice, but I don’t really mind paying for my prescriptions. Although I do think that those who are on long, long medication courses should be given a break, if they’re not already.
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