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Q&AS > LIVING WITH CANCER Q&AS > PRACTICAL ISSUES Q&AS > WELFARE BENEFITSWelfare benefits Q&As
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1. My wife has cancer and this is restricting her mobility. How can I get a 'disabled' parking badge for her?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
2. Where can I find out more information on whether or not someone has to pay for their NHS prescriptions?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
3. Can you tell me about the charges people have to pay for wigs if they lose their hair because of chemotherapy?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
4. My mother is to have chemotherapy as a day-patient. A friend has said that this means she may have to pay for some of her drugs. Is this true?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
5. I have been having chemotherapy injections at my local hospital. I am about to start chemotherapy tablets. The nurse has told me I will have to pay for a prescription charge for the tablets. Is this true?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
6. I have breast cancer and I will be taking tamoxifen for the next five years. Do I have to pay for my prescriptions for this?
last reviewed: 03.04.2007
7. My son has an incurable cancer. He needs regular painkillers. Will he have to pay for his prescriptions?
last reviewed: 02.11.2007
8. Is it true that if you have cancer you get free prescriptions on the NHS?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
9. Is it true that if you are getting benefit payments from the government that you get free prescriptions on the NHS?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
10. What is a pre-payment certificate for prescriptions and how do I get one?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
All Q&As are selected from some of the thousands asked by people contacting Cancerbackup every year. They are answered by specialists and reviewed and updated regularly.