Exemption certificates for people with mental health issues

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I was diagnosed with borderline persobality disorder, anxiety & depression a few years ago. Since then, the price of prescriptions have risen. For a lifelong illness such as mental health, people should be able to gain a medical exemption certificate.

Paying nearly £9 a month per prescription is hard. I am currently on 3 different types of tablets for my metal health, which is just under £30 per month. Having a job does put pressure on my mental health, and the price of prescription increases does not help either. Having an exemption certificate would help people with mental health a lot more than people think. With this, we can live our lives knowing that we will be able to obtain our medication, and not have to worry if we can afford it.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

To Put Mental Health medication on to the exemption list for a free prescription

Timeline

29 Dec 2017	Petition opened for signatures
4 Jan 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Jan 2018

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