Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33092

Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of integrated care boards limiting access to prescriptions for gluten-free products on people with coeliac disease.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not plan to make such an assessment. NHS England guidance on prescribing gluten-free foods in primary care was developed in 2018 to communicate to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The guidance stated that CCGs may further restrict...

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