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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 689044" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>My card has a valid from and valid to date. It expires next August. I expect I will be contacted a month before to renew it, but if I'm not, the onus is still on me to renew it - the regulations are very clear on that. I have never been asked for it at the pharmacy, but I do have to tick the box on the back of the prescription each time to acknowledge that I have a medical exemption certificate.</p><p> </p><p>I think the whole process is overseen by a group called NHS Business Services who are a seperate but closely-linked business to the NHS. I suspect they have been given targets to clamp down on people claiming free prescriptions when they are not entitled - and they are interpreting that as clamping down on people claiming free prescriptions when they don't have a valid medical exemption certificate. All diabetics on diabetic medication are entitled to a medical exemption certificate. Only those with a medical exemption certificate are entitled to free prescriptions.</p><p> </p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 689044, member: 29301"] My card has a valid from and valid to date. It expires next August. I expect I will be contacted a month before to renew it, but if I'm not, the onus is still on me to renew it - the regulations are very clear on that. I have never been asked for it at the pharmacy, but I do have to tick the box on the back of the prescription each time to acknowledge that I have a medical exemption certificate. I think the whole process is overseen by a group called NHS Business Services who are a seperate but closely-linked business to the NHS. I suspect they have been given targets to clamp down on people claiming free prescriptions when they are not entitled - and they are interpreting that as clamping down on people claiming free prescriptions when they don't have a valid medical exemption certificate. All diabetics on diabetic medication are entitled to a medical exemption certificate. Only those with a medical exemption certificate are entitled to free prescriptions. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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