300,000 wrongly accused of free prescription fraud
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or call 0344 897 8000 (ROI 01 656 9696). Please complete this voucher and give it to your Slimming World Consultant when you join a group. BLUNDERING officials have wrongly accused 300,000 people of prescription fraud.
They received £100 fines for dodging the £8.80 charges despite being exempt from paying.
Altogether, 303,000 were affected – nearly a quarter of the 1.3million sent penalty notices in To continue your success, join a Slimming World group or go online for help and encouragement.
Cut out the voucher on the left and join by Sunday January 13, 2019 to enrol for FREE, saving £10. This means you pay only £4.95 in your first week (the standard first- the 12 months up to August last year. Sources blame a mix- up between the NHS and the Department for Work and Pensions.
An insider said: “It’s a classic case of the NHS and the DWP not talking to each other.”
Public health minister Steve Brine admits a data sharing agreement is not working.
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To find your nearest Slimming World group visit slimmingworld. co.uk/slimmingworld.ie or call 0344 897 8000/01 656 9696. If you can’t make a group or there isn’t one nearby, sign up online. Watson said: “Serving penalty notices on patients cannot be a caring way to manage this system.”
Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: “It’s a scandal. Ministers need to get a grip and order a full inquiry.”
In November the Sunday Mirror told how Penny Oliver, 54, of Whitstable, Kent, was hounded over penalty fees of £29. She took her Visit slimmingworld.co.uk/reach before midnight on Sunday January 13, 2019 and enter voucher code REACH2019 to save £15/€25. own life using the anti-depressants that drove her into debt.
Millions get free prescriptions, including under- 16s, over- 60s, pregnant women and those with certain medical conditions.
NHS Business Services, which issues the fines, said: “We’re constantly reviewing and improving our data processes.”