Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80412
Prescriptions: Chronic Illnesses
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Question
Lizzi Collinge
Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the duration of medical exemption certificates for people with (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) other lifelong conditions.
Answer
Ashley DaltonMedical exemption certificates allow people with certain medical conditions to obtain their NHS prescriptions without charge, although not all the qualifying conditions which provide exemption are necessarily life-long.The five-year duration ensures that ...
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