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OTHER GROUPS
PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING NEEDING HELP TO GO OUT
You can get free NHS prescriptions if you have a valid medical exemption certificate issued by NHS National Services Scotland because you have:
- a permanent fistula (for example, caecostomy, colostomy, laryngostomy or ileostomy) requiring continuous surgical dressing or requiring an appliance;
- a form of hypoadrenalism (for example, 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;
- epilepsy requiring continuous anti-convulsive therapy;
or
- you have a continuing physical disability which means you cannot go out without the help of another person.
Only the medical conditions listed count. If you are unsure about the name of your condition, check with your doctor. IT IS UP TO YOU TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE ENTITLED.
To apply for a medical exemption certificate ask your doctor for form EC92A. The form tells you what to do.
Your exemption certificate will be posted to you. Medical exemption certificates normally last for five years and then need to be renewed.
You may receive a reminder that your certificate needs to be renewed. But it is your responsibility to ensure that it is renewed.
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