Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44625
Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods
Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025
Question
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat — Eastleigh
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards provide gluten free bread prescriptions for patients with coeliac disease.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has undertaken two national consultations in recent years on the prescribing of gluten-free foods in primary care. The rationale for this was the increased availability of these products in supermarkets and other food outlets at a time when...
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