Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18477

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 6 December 2024

Answered: 16 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the list of conditions eligible for free prescriptions by working age people.

Answer

Karin Smyth

There are no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate to exempt people from the prescription charge. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the commun...

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