Government decision to deny women cashback for 'free' HRT branded 'insulting'

Crucial for women’s healthcare that pharmacies play their part in delivering free HRT – Boland

Pharmacies need to come on board en masse to deliver the free HRT that women need, a Fine Gael TD has said. Grace Boland, Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal West, said that while details of the free HRT scheme will come as a relief to women around the country, pharmacists may be reluctant to […] The post Crucial for women’s healthcare that pharmacies play their part in delivering free HRT – Boland appeared first on Fine Gael.

Government decision to deny women cashback for 'free' HRT branded 'insulting'

Women won’t be reimbursed for the cost of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) that was due to become ‘free’ – a state of affairs that has been labelled ‘insulting’. Legislation to provide free HRT came into effect on January 1, but its implementation was delayed in a row between the Government and pharmacists, with no date set for its commencement. Extra.ie can reveal that the scheme will not be backdated when it is finally implemented. Pic: Shut…