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NPA urges Chancellor to scrap £9.90 prescription charge.

The National Pharmacy Association, representing 6,000 community pharmacies, urges the Chancellor to scrap the charge in the upcoming Budget. Its poll of 1,781 adults by Savanta found 10% went without a prescribed medicine over the past year due to cost. Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland dropped prescription charges in 2007, 2010, and 2011 respectively.

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