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We need your help to lobby your MP to help abolish prescription charges in England for those with Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis or other forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Lobby your MP this summer on prescription charges
In June 2017, the Prescription Charges Coalition comprising of over 40 charities including Crohn’s and Colitis UK as Co-Chair, launched its Still Paying the Price report, highlighting the ongoing detrimental impact that prescription charges are having on the health and wellbeing of people with long-term conditions like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Following this launch, the coalition has created a lobby pack (pdf) for patients and supporters to petition their MPs, particularly over the summer recess, asking them to support a review of the outdated and arbitrary prescription charge exemption criteria which is 50 years old (and hardly changed) in June 2018.
The pack outlines step by step, how to contact and lobby your local MP, detailing the main points of the campaign and highlighting why the Prescription Charges Coalition is campaigning for everyone with a long-term condition to be exempt from prescription charges.
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The Lobby pack is a fantastic tool to help supporters contact their local MP over the summer. It’s a great way to raise awareness and help influence MP’s thinking in order to secure their help in advancing reform of the current antiquated and unfair system of charges, which is having a real impact on people’s welfare.
As your elected representative, your MP will want to secure your future vote so they should listen to your concerns. This means that you have the opportunity to really make a difference. If you get them on side, your MP could influence their party, put pressure on the Government and raise the public profile of this issue significantly. We urge supporters of Crohn’s and Colitis UK to take part and help change this outdated system.
So please, help us take action today.
If you have any questions on this issue then please don’t hesitate to contact the Policy and Public Affairs Team at ppr@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk
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