§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the medical conditions which warrant exemption from prescription payments. [430]
§ Ms BlearsThe medical conditions conferring exemption from prescription charges are:
- (1) permanent fistula (including caecostomy, colostomy, laryngostomy, or ileostomy) requiring continuous surgical dressing or an appliance;
- (2) the following disorders:
forms of hypoadrenalism (including Addison's disease) for which specific substitution therapy is essential
- diabetes insipidus and other forms of hypopituitarism
- diabetes mellitus—except where treatment is by diet alone
- hypoparathyroidism
- myasthenia gravis
- myxoedema
- (3) epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsive therapy;
- (4) a continuing physical disability which prevents the patient from leaving his residence without the help of another person.