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Health minister Simon Burns said a decision on prescription charges and exemptions for those with long term conditions cannot be made before the spending review due this autumn.
The previous government promised to move towards exempting patients with long-term conditions over the next few years. It asked Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians to review the prescription charges system.
The report was submitted to the Government in November 2009 and has now been published - Prescription charges review: implementing exemption from prescription charges for people with long term conditions.
In the report Professor Gilmore said that patients should be exempt if they have a long-term health condition that will persist for a period of at least six months. He estimated that this would cost £430m a year.
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