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Your chance to have your say about whether prescription charges should be reintroduced in Northern Ireland

22/4/2015

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A public consultation is  underway in Northern Ireland which focuses on access to unapproved specialist medicines.  A key part of this is a proposal to reintroduce prescription charges.  
The deadline for responding to the consultation is 8 May.

See the posts below for further details, including our views and how to respond to the consultation, together with some ideas for aspects you might want to think about.   Question 5 of the consultation questionnaire addresses prescription charges specifically.   

We are very concerned that there has been no assessment of the impact these proposals may have on health  outcomes and feel that the question is very leading.  Please do take this opportunity to have your say and do let us know your views by contacting us through this site or emailing prescriptioncharges@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk.

You also have two more opportunities to attend public meeting in Antrim and Belfast (see below), where you can find out more about what is being planned and contribute your views.
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Margaret Bagwell
1/5/2015 05:42:51

Should there be any move to introduce prescription charges at the same cost as is being charged in England then this would have a serious economic effect on anyone needing medication in order to survive and enjoy the best quality of life their long term chronic condition permits. There are people who can easily afford to pay for prescriptions that are available for non life threatening conditions. Some consideration should be given to deciding how best to apply charges for such scripts. This miqht /should include a statement of an individual's ability to pay. This might perhaps relate to earnings levels.

In any event, I strongly oppose any plan to introduce prescription charges in Northern Ireland especially when they would impact so negatively on people suffering with long term chronic conditions.

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