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How Scotland’s free prescriptions are protecting thousands of pregnant women and the vulnerable from NHS fines and being treated as criminals

Summary by Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II)
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks once again to Dottie for alerting me to this. In Private Eye No 1651, this week, the above report on their Freedom of Information Request revealing millions of fines issued to often confused ands subsequently traumatised vulnerable people. The report goes on to quote a charity chief: Had the Scottish Government not maintained free prescriptions these last 18 years, based on these figures, we might expect aroun…
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Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II) broke the news in on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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