End prescription fees muddle

IT’S about time NHS England rethought our prescriptions payment system.

At the moment, who pays and who doesn’t is incredibly random. Patients with some conditions are exempt and others are forced to fork out thousands of pounds during the course of a year.

And now it’s about to get worse. The Government is considering raising the age at which patients are eligible for free prescriptions from 60 to 66, in line with the state pension age. It is another confusing and unfair decision, with no logical reasoning behind it. I am sure it will leave thousands worse off.

What do you think about it? Write and tell me how the age increase would affect you.