Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65187

Asthma: Medical Equipment

Tabled: 4 July 2025

Answered: 14 July 2025

Question

Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62448 on Asthma: Medical Equipment, how many patients with asthma receive their inhaler prescriptions (a) free of charge and (b) at the current pre

Answer

Karin Smyth

Whilst the NHS Business Services Authority collects data for the number of specific prescription items dispensed in England, it is not possible to determine the indication for which a medicine was prescribed. Given inhalers can be used to treat medical co...

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