Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15343

Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

Tabled: 20 November 2024

Answered: 27 November 2024

Question

Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve access to gluten-free staple foods for patients with coeliac disease by (a) improving the availability of those foods on prescription and (b) providing financial su

Answer

Karin Smyth

The national prescribing position in England remains that gluten free bread and mixes can be provided to all coeliac patients on a National Health Service prescription, and a wide range of these items continue to be listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff. T...

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