Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65613
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025
Question
Ian Roome
Liberal Democrat — North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the eligibility requirements for free NHS prescriptions, in the context of increases to the State Pension age.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department currently has no plans to align the upper age prescription charge exemption with the State Pension age.