Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 1312

Asthma: Prescriptions

Tabled: 23 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

LabourTooting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding asthma to the list of long-term medical conditions that are exempt from prescription charges.

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 r...

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