Students left sick over prescription charge proposals5 December 2007
Scottish students have today expressed their extreme disappointment that they have not been immediately exempted from paying prescription charges, following today’s Government announcement to phase out prescriptions charges in 2011.
NUS Scotland fundamentally believes that access to prescription drugs and treatments should be given on the basis of need, as determined by professionals, and not on the basis of income, wealth or occupation. Students in Scotland should not be forced into making a choice between their next prescription and their next meal, but this is unfortunately a reality for many students in Scotland today.
James Alexander, NUS Scotland President, said:
"Students in Scotland felt let down by the spending review, but had held out hope of being treated as a priority when it came to prescription charge abolition.
“Today's announcement shows that priority groups, such as students on extremely low incomes, are not being treated as a priority in the Government's policies, and we demand that the Government
re-thinks the timescale of these proposals to ensure that students, who are amongst the groups in society in greatest need, can access prescription charge benefits the soonest."
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