Nearly two thirds of the 150,000 cancer patients in England have not applied for free prescriptions - five months after they became available.
The £7.20 prescription charge was abolished for cancer patients after decisions in the rest of the UK to scrap all fees. People have to fill in exemption forms to qualify, but charities said GPs were not promoting the scheme.
Doctors’ groups responded by saying bureaucracy was putting patients off.
The five-year exemption forms are only one page long and would save the average cancer patient £100 a year.
Read more at BBC Health.
Tags: Cancer, Prescription charges
