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<p>A person is entitled to apply for a medical exemption certificate exempting them
from the prescription charge if they suffer from:</p><br /><p>- a permanent fistula
(including caecostomy, colostomy, laryngostomy, or ileostomy) requiring continuous
surgical dressing or requires an appliance</p><p>- forms of hypoadrenalism (including
Addison's disease) for which specific substitution therapy is essential</p><p>- diabetes
insipidus or other forms of hypopituitarism</p><p>- diabetes mellitus (except where
treatment of the diabetes is by diet alone)</p><p>- hypoparathyroidism</p><p>- myasthenia
gravis</p><p>- myxoedema</p><p>- epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsive therapy</p><p>-
continuing physical disability which prevents the patient from leaving their residence
without the help of another person</p><p>- they are undergoing treatment for cancer,
the effects of cancer or the effects of cancer treatment.</p><br /><p>There are no
plans to change this list.</p><br /><p>Other extensive exemption arrangements are
in place, in England, including those based on income, which support those who cannot
afford to pay for their prescriptions. For those who need multiple prescriptions and
do not qualify for exemption, Prescription Prepayment Certificates (PPC) can be purchased,
which allow someone to claim as many prescriptions as needed. A 12 month PPC costs
£104 and benefits anyone who needs 13 or more prescriptions a year.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br
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