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Medical Exemption news

That is very interesting. I'm just dismayed at the attitude of the NHS Business Services Authority, people with Diabetes quite clearly are not trying to defraud anybody, which is what the authority say they are trying to stop. I hope that anyone who has been fined tells them where they can put their fine. It's not nice!
 
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Professi...-being-fined-for-claiming-free-prescriptions/

I agree. I think I may be guilty of this too. I have just this week completed a new form following a couple of posts I've seen on this site. In my defense however, since being diagnosed 15 years ago, and having lived at the same address ever since, I've not received any kind of notification that my exemption certificate was up for renewal.
 
I recently had a letter, phoned up ready to kick off. The issue was resolved very quickly, apparently the prescription admin service has changed hands/ has been centralized and is being managed by another team; as such they are chasing up accounts which may need updating/ are out of date. In my case I hadn't updated them with my current address. Mine is due to expire this year, apparently I need to advise my GP to apply for exemption on my behalf.

I only really remember having the exemption cert in the last 5 years, I think prior to that, the pharmacist would see diabetic items on a script and it would go through no questions asked. No doubt somewhere along the line people have abused this "trust" hence the stricter management and certification.

Its important to remember we (diabetics) are entitled to free prescriptions, and hopefully they are not questioning this.
 
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