Day 148 – The conservative choice
I hate to go all political on everyone but sometimes there are issues which swing one’s sword and this is one of them. Many dresses ago, I mentioned that there was talk of dropping prescription charges for people with long term mental health conditions. The bill would have seen changes made to what is currently an extremely outdated list of conditions which guarantee exemption from prescription charges. Not just mental health conditions but all kinds of other ailments which need long term medical treatment. It has been shelved and frankly, I am fuming.
It did not help that I found out from the tiniest little nib in a paper which dedicated a whole page to Cheryl Cole’s imminent decision to have a tattoo removed from the nape of her neck. The decision it will seem has been put on hold, to be reviewed once the government is in a better place financially. I wonder whether it destroys peoples souls to have to make decisions like this?
I wonder whether they consider the fact that people with mental health conditions are often prescribed a number of drugs to treat them. At one stage they tried to put me on seven different medications, a week. Times that by £7.90 and you better hope that in spite of that cocktail your still able to work, because with nearly £300 of your salary dedicated to drugs to keep you going you’ll be needing to.
The other frustrating part about the prescription charges is that often when you are on medication for mental health it is prescribed to you in weekly doses, to try to reduced the risk of overdose.
Therefore for tablets which you could receive monthly for one charge you end up paying for four times over, in a month. From my own experience at a time when not having raisins in your muesli can set you off having additional financial pressures is not a welcome stress.
I am incensed.
- Today’s dress is a donation from my good friend Monica Kenny. It is originally from River Island and has a really cute little brooch on the side of it and huge sleeves to hide your hands over when you forget the sun-cream.
