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lil eva
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Long Overdue!Gordon Brown announced last year that patients with long-term conditions will get their medicines free of charge on the NHS.
Charges for cancer patients will be scrapped from April 1 but patients can now apply, with other conditions to follow later.
However, campaigners have been calling for everyone in England to be exempt from the cost after charges were scrapped in Wales and are in the process of being phased out in Scotland.
The announcement means the abolition of charges for everyone undergoing treatment for cancer, the effects of cancer or the effects of cancer treatment. All medicines will be covered by the exemption, including drugs not relating to the actual disease.
Patients will apply for a five-year exemption certificate which can be renewed as many times as necessary and will not have to be returned if their condition changes.
Application forms will be available from GP surgeries and oncology clinics but must be countersigned by the patient's GP, hospital doctor or service doctor.
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Josie-lufc
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Oh blimey, thats great to hear, will be able to save myself over £100 a year, although I have already paid for my cancer drugs for this year as I bought one of those pre-payment certificates for 12 months last November. 
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lil eva
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I'd certainly look into a refund Jo......either way get the forms and get registered love its done then 
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Josie-lufc
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Yeah Anne, Im going to 
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