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
Labour — Liverpool 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 SmythThe 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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