The Prescription Charges Coalition is a group of 30 organisations campaigning to end unfair prescription charges for people with 
long-term medical conditions

Over 5,000 people have told us about the impact that prescription charges are having on their working lives, read our 2014 report, Paying The Price: Prescription Charges and Employment here

Read our campaign blog for all the latest updates.
"I could not afford the prescribed medication for anxiety so thought I'd try and go without, ended up having panic attacks and losing my job."
‘I have to put my family first before 
I can afford my 3 lots of medication 
a month.  I have 3 young children 
to feed.’ 

‘Last year, I nearly died after a severe asthma attack and I'm worried it will
  happen all over again as I just can't 
afford to renew my Prepayment 
Certificate at the moment.'

‘Rheumatoid arthritis is for life. 
A chronic disease with no cure. The 
quality of my life is dependent on a cocktail of 10 different drugs.  With 
them, I can almost live a normal life, without them, I would be a burden 
on society needing constant long 
term care, at a huge cost 
to the state.'

35% of those who paid for each prescription item had not collected 
their medicine because of the cost.  
Three quarters of this group said 
their health got worse as a result. 
10% reported that they had been admitted to hospital as a direct consequence of not taking their 
medicine as prescribed.  
Paying the Price research

Research by Rethink Mental Illness showed that 38% of people with 
severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia have had to choose between paying household bills 
and paying prescription charges. 

Research for Citizens Advice found 
that, in 2007, 800,000 people in 
England failed to collect a 
prescription item because of the 
cost involved.