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Sir Hugh Rossi
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make it his policy that thalassaemia be listed as a chronic sickness and its sufferers entitled to free prescriptions for their condition.
Mr. Newton
We have no plans to include thalassaemia in the list of medical conditions which confer entitlement to exemption from prescription charges.