Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71387

Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Board decisions to reduce or withdraw gluten-free prescribing on patient health outcomes for people with coeliac disease.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department carried out an analysis of this issue as part of its Equalities Impact Assessment, which was published as part of the consultation on the availability of gluten-free (GF) foods on prescription in primary care, launched in March 2017. A copy...

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