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Wales marks free prescription anniversary

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Wales marks free prescription anniversary Polly Jones 22 April, 2025 Wales marks free prescription anniversary 22 April, 2025 Wales is marking 18 years since becoming the first UK nation to abolish prescription charges.Since 2007, Welsh pharmacies have dispensed more than one billion items.The charges were abolished as costs were preventing a third of people from getting their prescribed medication. People with chronic conditions had reported…
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Eighteen years since its introduction, the free prescriptions policy is 'under threat'

It is now eighteen years since Wales got rid of a charge for medical prescriptions - the first nation in the United Kingdom to do so. Since April 2007, Welsh pharmacies have supplied more than a billion items to everyone registered with the National Health Service (NHS).

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Wales marks free prescription anniversary

Wales marks free prescription anniversary Polly Jones 22 April, 2025 Wales marks free prescription anniversary 22 April, 2025 Wales is marking 18 years since becoming the first UK nation to abolish prescription charges.Since 2007, Welsh pharmacies have dispensed more than one billion items.The charges were abolished as costs were preventing a third of people from getting their prescribed medication. People with chronic conditions had reported…

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