Government consultation on prescription charges

The UK Government are consulting on aligning the prescription charge with the State Pension Age. This would mean that people in England would need to pay for their prescriptions until they're at least 66 initially and this would rise as the State Pension Age does.
We are opposed to this proposal as we don't believe the impact of it has been properly assessed for:

• people with long term conditions who are not on the current exemption list
• women
• the over 60s
• diverse communities
• LGBTQ communities
• deprived communities

We will be submitting a response to the consultation, which closes on 2 September and encourage all supporters to share their views as well.