The range of exempt conditions has been widely criticised. The list has not been updated since 1968, and it excludes a number of chronic conditions that have become highly prominent since then. In particular, the scheme does not exempt outpatient treatments for conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and HIV/AIDS. The Government, however, has repeatedly indicated its unwillingness to reconsider the exempt list.
The Health Select Committee published a report on health service charges in 2006, which concluded that the system of exemptions from NHS charges in general was full of anomalies and that the system of medical exemptions to the prescription charge was particularly confusing:
The system of medical exemptions to the prescription charge is particularly confusing. People with diabetes who require insulin receive free medicines for all conditions while people with diabetes controlled by diet must pay for all their medication. The list of exemptions was compiled in 1968 and has not changed. Given the vast improvements in medical science since that time, this is unacceptable. People with cystic fibrosis who would have died of their illness
during childhood in the 1960s now reach adulthood. Diseases such as HIV/AIDS did not exist in 1968. The original list could not have taken these conditions into account.
does this medical exemption apply to T2's as well, in scotland, does anyone know please?
so the answer is perfectly correct. I think they will get free prescriptions soon ? Scot's Parliament you see.does this medical exemption apply to T2's as well, in scotland, does anyone know please?
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