For immediate release: Friday, 4th March 2011
Attn: NEWSDESKS
POLITICAL / HEALTH CORRESPONDENTS
A SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT WORKING FOR SCOTLAND
Today’s announcement of an increase in prescription charges in England to £7.40 per item from 1 April by the Tory-LibDem UK government against the abolition of prescription charges on the same date in Scotland says SNP MSP and former Wester Hailes GP Dr. Ian McKee who is a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee
Dr McKee said that it showed the importance of the Scottish Parliament and a Scottish Government working for Scotland in delivering the right policies for Scotland.
Commenting Dr. McKee said:
“Today’s announcement of an increase in prescription charges in England against the abolition of charges in Scotland by the SNP emphasises the importance of a Scottish Government working for Scotland.
“No one chooses to be ill and prescription charges are a tax on ill health.
“The SNP’s delivery of free prescriptions from April will be a landmark day for the Scottish Parliament and indeed the National Health Service in Scotland.
“Thanks to the SNP Government, Scotland will be a prescription charge-free zone. Our actions on prescription charges will have saved people with long term conditions £180 in charges.
“When I was practising in Wester Hailes it wasn’t uncommon to see people unable to get treatment because they couldn’t afford to pay.
"Prescription charges are nothing but a false economy and I’m glad that from April 1st in Scotland at least, because of the SNP Government, they will be history.
ENDS
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