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Mine 14 years ago was credit card sized card, the next 2 were plastic, my last one is still just in date but I’m of the age I no longer pay for scripts anyway
It has been know for T1s to be wrongly diagnosed, and are indeed T2. There have been several threads on the forum on this.Have to wonder if you’re T1 why you have to renew. Not like T1 is evergoing to go away
I’m not worried about nit picking I don’t have any hair heheheIt has been know for T1s to be wrongly diagnosed, and are indeed T2. There have been several threads on the forum on this.
The pedant in me also has to say there is a ginagerous chance that with a pancreas transplant (often done alongside a kidney) T 1 does indeed go away. In full disclosure, the patient then becomes post-transplant and would be exempt for a different reason.
Nit-picking, I know, but I'm so good at it.
I got fined about five years ago years ago for the same thing. Been type one for 41 years.Morning all,
I have been type 1 for 46 years.
In all this time I have never paid for a prescription from the NHS regarding prescribed medicine.
I have now received a ' Penalty Charge Notice ' ( PCN) from NHS business services authority for claiming free NHS prescriptions as they have no record of me having a ' Medical Exemption Certificate '...?
To the best of my knowledge I have never had a physical certificate in all my adult life, I have just simply ticked the box on the reverse of the prescription, as my understanding is that all Type 1s get free prescriptions ?
I have attempted to challenge the notice but the reply seems automated.
Any help/ understanding would be appreciated.
Thanks
I think you do, it’s my recollection that I got a reminder about 3 months before, my hubby who has medical exemption since he was 22 for a different condition used to get reminders - both of us are over 60 now so no longer need themI got fined about five years ago years ago for the same thing. Been type one for 41 years.
I then applied for and received a physical card but haven't been asked for it since, and have of course now lost it. Am trusting that once it approaches its expiry date I'll receive a reminder...
Why don't you use the Medical Exemption Certificate Checker and make a note when it is due for renewal.I then applied for and received a physical card but haven't been asked for it since, and have of course now lost it. Am trusting that once it approaches its expiry date I'll receive a reminder...
Fab, thanks for the link. Will take a lookWhy don't you use the Medical Exemption Certificate Checker and make a note when it is due for renewal.
That way you are not relying on someone else's bureaucracy to save you from future fines.
If your last fine was 5 years ago, you are probably due a renewal pretty soon.
Expires in November 2024 – thanks again for the link!Why don't you use the Medical Exemption Certificate Checker and make a note when it is due for renewal.
That way you are not relying on someone else's bureaucracy to save you from future fines.
If your last fine was 5 years ago, you are probably due a renewal pretty soon.