Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8603
Coeliac Disease: Prescriptions
Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Question
Dr Beccy Cooper
Labour — Worthing West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update guidance to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) on the need to offer gluten free staples on NHS prescription for people with coeliac disease.
Answer
Karin SmythNHS England has no plans to update the guidance. The Department undertook a national consultation in 2017 on the prescribing of gluten-free (GF) foods in primary care. The rationale for this was the increased availability of these products in supermarkets...
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