Prescription charge
In 2008 only 12% of patients in England had to pay.  The Prescription Charges Coalition campaigns for free prescriptions for everyone with a long term condition. The conditions which get free prescriptions had long-term life-saving medicine  in 1968, and it has not been changed since then. The prescription charges rules were called a "dog's dinner" by the Social Market Foundation. The National Pharmacy Association says the charges mean some people dont take their medicine.  They end up in hospital which costs more than the cost of a prescription.   Healthwatch England asked 2000 people about costs in December 2022. 10% said the increased cost of living meant they did not get their prescription.