Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 62448

Asthma: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making all NHS-provided emergency asthma inhalers free of charge.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide ra...

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