This statistic shows the results of a 2015 survey asking individuals in the United Kingdom if they think the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair. 41 percent of respondents between the age of 45 and 54 years believe prescriptions should be free for everyone throughout the UK
Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair?
Characteristic
Yes: Those who can afford to pay for prescriptions in England should do so
No: Why do those people who can afford to pay for prescriptions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland not have to?
No: prescriptions should be free for everyone throughout the UK
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Benenden health. (January 22, 2016). Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. "Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair?." Chart. January 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. (2016). Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health. "Do You Believe That The System for Prescriptions in The Uk Is Fair?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/
Benenden health, Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited September 26, 2024)
Do you believe that the system for prescriptions in the UK is fair? [Graph], Benenden health, January 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/514690/cost-of-prescriptions-on-nhs-in-united-kingdom-uk/