Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Fund free regular prescriptions for mental health patients
Closed
128 signatures
What the petition asks
We want parity with certain chronic physical disease sufferers (e.g. diabetics). We want the government to add chronic mental illness to the list of NHS prescription charge exemptions.
Mental illness can be chronic, and its treatment with medications is often required for many years and can be lifelong.
We think that mental health support is sadly under resourced and mental health is not spoken about nearly as much as physical disease.
We think this would be a small but important step in making the everyday lives of mental illness sufferers a little easier.
We think that mental health support is sadly under resourced and mental health is not spoken about nearly as much as physical disease.
We think this would be a small but important step in making the everyday lives of mental illness sufferers a little easier.
Timeline
| 22 Jan 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
128
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
22 Jan 2025
Closed
22 Jul 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.