00:00Marshall, if I could just ask you, if you had a message now for the Department of Health
00:03and the Western Trust, what would it be around these charges?
00:07I would ask them to look at themselves and look at the community and actually see what's needed.
00:13This service used to be free. People rely on the medication. It's already difficult when you have
00:19an ailment or you're old or you're disabled like myself. We need the medication to have a quality
00:25of life. Without that medication, we're not able to get up in the morning. We're not able to function
00:31properly. Like myself, I have cars. I come in twice a day, every day. Am I going to have to start paying
00:37for that as well? Where does the line stop? When are they going to actually look after their own
00:42people? We need this service. It's not a luxury item. It's not a Chinese. It's not a holiday.
00:48It's what we need to survive. So it's his job to support us. So I'd like to see him do that.
00:58And there'd be fears too that this could be... This could be the start. It's £72 a year now. That's
01:03the starting price. Where does it end? How much is it going to go up by? Is it going to go up with
01:08inflation? The cost of shopping's already doubled. So I just think it's gone mad that we've got no
01:15warning about this. We were told it's happening this month. We've no choice about the matter.
01:22It's been... It's happening this month. It's been implemented. And you either pay it or you have
01:27to collect it yourself. But if I'm house found or my chair is broken, how am I meant to get my medication?
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