Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15221
Prescriptions: Care Leavers
Tabled: 20 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Named DayQuestion
Helen Hayes
Labour — Dulwich and West Norwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of NHS prescriptions for care leavers aged between 18 and 25.
Answer
Karin SmythThere has been no recent assessment of the feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged between 18 and 25 years old.