Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2800

Kidney Diseases: Prescriptions

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding medications for (a) chronic kidney disease and (b) recipients of kidney transplants to the NHS prescription charge exemption list.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide r...

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