Long-term illness should be exempt from charges

摘要

Patients in England with long-term conditions should be made exempt from prescription "charges as soon as possible, and this should be a stepping stone towards their abolition, according to a review published last week by the Department of Health. Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College of Physicians, was asked by the Labour Government in 2008 to lead a review on how prescription charge exemption for those with long-term conditions should be implemented.