The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7475 p458
27 October 2007

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Scotland underlines plan to scrap prescription charges

Plans to abolish NHS prescription charges in Scotland hit the headlines this week in the lead-up to a speech that Nicola Sturgeon, cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing, will make this weekend.

The abolition of prescription charges was one of the Scottish National Party’s election manifesto promises and it has repeated the aim a number of times since coming to power. Ms Sturgeon will tell this weekend’s Scottish National Party conference in Aviemore that the Scottish Government remains committed to the phased abolition of prescription charges and that changes will be brought in within the life of the current Parliament.