The business administrator from Norfolk was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in April 2019. Since her diagnosis, she has had to reduce her working hours and is just about managing to find the money to pay for her NHS prescriptions. Government proposals to axe free prescriptions for over 60s in England, increasing the age to state pension age, will hit her, and millions of others, hard.
Denise Price has worked hard all her life but has recently had to cut her hours to a third of what she was working, after suffering extreme fatigue brought on by Parkinson’s Disease.
It’s had a damaging effect on her finances at the same time as she’s noticed the cost of everyday bills rising.
Her household is really feeling the pinch at an already difficult time when Denise should be focusing on her health.
Until now, she has been managing to pay for her prescription charges by using a pre-payment certificate to make it cheaper, but has also had to dip into her savings which won’t last for much longer.
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Denise said: “I always…
