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Q&AS > LIVING WITH CANCER Q&AS > PRACTICAL ISSUES Q&AS > YOUR RIGHTSYour rights Q&As
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1. Where can I find out more information on whether or not someone has to pay for their NHS prescriptions?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
2. 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
3. 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
4. My son has an incurable cancer. He needs regular painkillers. Will he have to pay for his prescriptions?
last reviewed: 02.11.2007
5. Is it true that if you have cancer you get free prescriptions on the NHS?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
6. What is a pre-payment certificate for prescriptions and how do I get one?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
7. What is a private prescription?
last reviewed: 02.04.2007
8. My brother, who is 46, is a UK citizen but for the last 4 years has been living and working in Hong Kong. He has now developed cancer. Can he come back here for treatment on the NHS?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
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.