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[Perinowpost]

MP’s are due to vote on a private members bill on Friday which if it goes through would mean hrt would be free. (Hope I’ve copied the link correctly).

https://apple.news/Aw31f98SjQh29el8X2VcjLg

[VictoryV]

Link is good. Thanks for posting☀️

[Pennyfarthing]

Saw this on TV earlier.  You beat me to it.

[Perinowpost]

Pennyfarthing 😂. Fingers crossed it goes through x

[sheila99]

Might be more beneficial to spend the money educating gps.

[Ju Ju]

There are a lot of life threatening chronic illnesses that require ongoing medication eg asthma that do not qualify for free prescriptions. I struggled to pay the prepayment prescription charge, but had no choice. I am grateful to get free prescriptions since becoming 60. There are discussions of stopping this until reaching state pension age. Now I have a state pension I can actually afford prescriptions! I would have really struggled before. So can this country afford to make HRT free if treatment for life threatening illnesses aren’t?

[Taz2]

It's through! 

[Perinowpost]

Wow, I can’t quite believe it - that is progress 👏👏👏

[Joaniepat]

👏👏🥂

[CLKD]

May I ask why this is deemed necessary?  I've had to pay (until I hit 60) for everything, including the ADs and anti-anxiety meds which helped keep me alive. Menopause isn't an illness although symptoms can cause problems as we read here every day. 

Which clinical conditions are likely to get free medications B4 60? 

I remember the days when the Prescription was the piece of paper, it didn't matter how many items went on it, there was a single charge.  Then someone cottoned on 

[Ju Ju]

See my post. I have a friend who has a condition that requires meds, but is rare, but she didn’t  have to pay. She always said that it wasn’t fair that someone like me with asthma, (common condition) who would not have survived without meds and hospitalisation at times, has to pay. I’m grateful that I have had the meds and medical help and was able to scrape the money together for the prepayment certificate, but some people can’t afford it.

[CLKD]

Surely those on benefits etc. would get free prescriptions for on-going conditions 

[jillydoll]

Yay… 

Thank you to all who pushed this through!
 

[sheila99]

I tend to agree it should be a level playing field, no reason why you should pay for one chronic condition but not another. It seems we'll be paying for e-cigs now for those who want to quit smoking. I'maall for helping people stop but if they can afford fags surely they can afford e-cigs.

[CLKD]

Yep.  I'm all for Means Testing.