Petitions/Fund free regular prescriptions for mental health patients
StatusClosed
Opened22 Jan 2025
Closes22 Jul 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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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.

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Helen Hayes
1Helen Hayes MP
Dulwich and West Norwood
4
Matt Rodda
2Matt Rodda MP
Reading Central
4
Marsha De Cordova
3Marsha De Cordova MP
Battersea
3
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
4Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Clapham and Brixton Hill
3
Catherine West
5Catherine West MP
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
3
Markus Campbell-Savours
6Markus Campbell-Savours MP
Penrith and Solway
3
Natasha Irons
7Natasha Irons MP
Croydon East
2
Baggy Shanker
8Baggy Shanker MP
Derby South
2
Feryal Clark
9Feryal Clark MP
Enfield North
2
Emily Thornberry
10Emily Thornberry MP
Islington South and Finsbury
2
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