King's Fund welcomes free prescriptions for cancer patients

2008-09-24T12:22:00+01:00

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The King's Fund has welcomed prime minister Gordon Brown's announcement that he will scrap prescription charges for cancer patients from April 2009, and subsequently for all patients with long-term conditions.

It said moves in Scotland and Wales towards free prescriptions had "clearly piled on the political pressure".

To read or watch Gordon Brown's full party conference speech, go to www.labour.org.uk

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