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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herbie1972" data-source="post: 765957" data-attributes="member: 29967">I received one of these ridiculous fines last month and have reluctantly paid on the advice of Diabetes UK, who are up in arms about it and have contacted the head of the NHS Business Services Authority to complain. As yet, they've not heard back.Many hospitals are unaware of this stealth tax - my team at Guy's were speechless when I showed them the letter I'd received. They're now posting messages up around the clinic urging patients to check, renew and get a new card from their GP if they've lost theirs (like I had mine). The problem is there's no joined-up thinking on this. One person at the NHS Business Authority said it wasn't up to them to remind people when their certificates were about to expire. Their own website says they WILL contact patients. I never had any contact from them, until the fine arrived. I know six of seven people with Type 1 personally - NONE of them have an exemption card that they're aware of. It's being terribly managed by the NHS - and is a stealth tax. Both Guy's and Diabetes UK have urged people affected by this to write to their MPs and the press. The louder we shout, the better the chance of notice being taken.</blockquote>

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