Petitions/Allow for all students in full-time education to receive free prescriptions.
StatusClosed
Opened13 Nov 2024
Closes13 May 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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To introduce a bill to allow for all full-time students to receive free prescriptions, currently it stops at 18 years old but this excludes full-time university students who are older and mature students.

Prescriptions are a big expense for students who rely on government loans to fund university. Full-time students who are 18 receive free prescriptions but this stops when they turn 19. This means many students have to work out if they can afford their prescriptions, many university students suffer from health conditions which require medication but are having to re buy it monthly; which is extremely costly. Prescriptions currently cost £9.90 which adds up each month.

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Shockat Adam
1Shockat Adam MP
Leicester South
6
Lucy Rigby
2Lucy Rigby MP
Northampton North
6
Liam Conlon
3Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
4
Sarah Dyke
4Sarah Dyke MP
Glastonbury and Somerton
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Mike Reader
5Mike Reader MP
Northampton South
3
Lilian Greenwood
6Lilian Greenwood MP
Nottingham South
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Dr Caroline Johnson
7Dr Caroline Johnson MP
Sleaford and North Hykeham
3
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
8Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MP
Solihull West and Shirley
3
Ben Goldsborough
9Ben Goldsborough MP
South Norfolk
3
Leigh Ingham
10Leigh Ingham MP
Stafford
3
Allow for all students in full-time education to receive free prescriptions. — Petitions