Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15066

Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions

Tabled: 19 November 2024

Answered: 25 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help support people with Coeliac disease with the cost of food; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening access to gluten free product

Answer

Karin Smyth

We recognise the pressures people are facing with the rising cost of living. Our extensive arrangements to help people afford National Health Service prescription charges mean that almost 89% of prescription items in England are already provided free of c...

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