I know this has been posted on the main NRAS website and its all over twitter....

People across England will be joining forces to demonstrate their outrage at Gordon Brown's failure to act on his promise to abolish prescription charges for people with long-term conditions, by taking part in a simultaneous ‘wake-up phone call’ to No 10.

The wake-up call will take place at 11am on Monday 1 February 2010, representing the eleventh hour of the campaign, with large numbers of people with long-term conditions, their carers, families and health care professionals expected to call the Downing Street phone lines.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the coalition is encouraging people to take this unusual campaigning approach. If legislation is not implemented during the next few weeks, free prescriptions will not become a reality before the General Election.

More details can be found on the Asthma UK website but the jist of the wake-up call is;

The number to reach the Number 10 office is 020 7276 1234
We will all ring at the same time – between 11am and 12pm
You will be put through to the main switchboard – please can you stick broadly to the following script:

Hi, please can I speak to Mr Brown? (answer is likely to be that he is not available). Please can you pass him a message that he must implement the prescription charge promise he made in September 2008 to people with long-term conditions. Mr Brown must take urgent action to make free prescriptions a reality, before it’s too late. Thank you.

Please encourage friends and family to support the wake-up call too.

It’s also vital that you let us know you intend to take part in the wake-up call, so that we can let the media and others know how important this issue is to you. Email keepthepromise2010@gmail.com with your name and location and if you would consider speaking to your local media on this issue, please include a daytime telephone number.