药店呼吁取消英格兰“不公平”的处方药费用药店领袖呼吁取消英格兰的处方药费用。
Scrap 'unfair' prescription charges in England, say pharmacies Pharmacy leaders have called for prescription charges to be scrapped in England.
据一项民调，79%的人认为自己不得不付费而英国其他国家的人不必付费，这是“不公平”的。
According to a poll, 79% of people think it's "unfair" they have to pay, while those in other UK nations do not.
还有十分之一的人表示，由于处方药费用为9.90英镑，他们曾不得不放弃服药。
One in 10 people also say they have gone without medicine due to the £9.90 prescription cost.
这项对1781名成年人的调查由英国药店协会（NPA）委托进行，该协会代表英国约6000家独立药店。
The survey of 1,781 adults was carried out for the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which represents about 6,000 independent pharmacies across the UK.
该协会将处方药费用称为“对疾病的残酷税收”，并要求财政大臣在下周的预算案中取消这些费用，以帮助缓解生活成本压力。
It called prescription fees a "cruel tax on illness" and wants the chancellor to scrap them in next week's budget to help ease cost-of-living pressures.
苏格兰于2011年、北爱尔兰于2010年、威尔士于2007年取消了处方药费用。英格兰的一些处方药仍然免费，包括避孕药和住院患者的药物。
Prescription charges ended in Scotland in 2011, in Northern Ireland in 2010, and in Wales in 2007. Some prescriptions in England remain free, including contraception and medicine for hospital inpatients.
16岁以下和60岁以上的人也不必付费，此外还有全日制教育中的16至18岁青少年、部分领取福利的人员，以及患有癌症、糖尿病和癫痫等疾病的人。
Under-16s and over-60s also do not pay, plus 16-18-year-olds in full-time education, some people on benefits, and people with medical conditions including cancer, diabetes and epilepsy.
“任何人都可能因为费用而考虑停止服用重要药物，这是全国性的丑闻，极其不公平，”NPA主席奥利维尔·皮卡德说。
"It is a national scandal and deeply unfair that anyone could consider stopping vital medicines because of cost," said NPA chairman Olivier Picard.
“这种对疾病的残酷税收，一些患者豁免而另一些患者仅仅因为患有‘错误’类型的疾病就被迫付费，破坏了国民保健服务体系的创立原则。”一些慈善机构也支持这项运动。
"This cruel tax on illness, where some patients are exempt but others are forced to pay simply because they have the wrong kind of illness, undermines the founding principles of the NHS." A number of charities are also backing the campaign.
克罗恩病和结肠炎英国组织首席执行官玛丽安·拉德克利夫表示，患有长期健康问题的人“不应该仅仅因为每天需要服药就被迫在健康和财务之间做出选择”。
Marianne Radcliffe, chief executive of Chron's and Colitis UK, said people with ongoing health problems "should not be forced to choose between their health and their finances simply because they need medication every day".
哮喘和肺部英国组织表示，患有呼吸系统疾病的患者“本质上是在为呼吸的权利付费”，因为他们不在国民保健服务体系的豁免名单上。
Asthma and Lung UK said patients with respiratory conditions were "essentially paying for their right to breathe", as they are not on the NHS exempt list.
“能够服药不应该取决于你是否负担得起，”该组织首席执行官莎拉·斯利特说。
"Being able to take medication shouldn't come down to whether or not you can afford it," said chief executive Sarah Sleet.
由于波兰的网站出现了严重的安全漏洞（该漏洞可能导致数百万次非法访问或数据被滥用），人们正在为最坏的情况做准备。根据波兰国家药品管理局（NPA）的数据，去年约有1160万人购买了处方药；其中约330万人使用了处方药预付费凭证（PPC）。使用这种凭证通常比单独购买每剂药物更便宜——一张处方药预付费凭证的费用为32.05英镑，可覆盖三个月的用药需求；如果购买一年的用量，则费用为114.50英镑。
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据估计，2025/26年度通过处方药费用共筹集了7.328亿英镑。目前，卫生与社会护理部门（Department of Health and Social Care）已被要求对此事发表评论。
The NPA has estimated £732.8m was raised by prescription costs in in 2025/26. The Department of Health and Social Care has been approached for comment.