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Junieh said on 09 February 2011

I think that it is appalling and totally not cost effective to make those who suffer from mental illness pay for their essential prescriptions - these drugs have some pretty awful side effects and having to pay makes taking these drugs less apealing and less likely to be taken by those who are on low incomes but not eligible for Income Support and thus free prescriptions. It costs thousands of pounds a day to hospitalise or treat mental health sufferers in their own homes by Crisis Resolution/Assessment Teams so it would be much cheaper for the NHS/Government to pay for preventative medicines; so isn't it about time the Government included these poor souls in their prescriptions exemption scheme...

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