Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 182527
Prescriptions: Older People
Tabled: 25 April 2023
Answered: 2 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Dame Diana Johnson
Labour — Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to its consultation on Aligning the upper age for NHS prescription charge exemptions with the State Pension age consultation, which closed in September 2021.
Answer
Neil O'BrienThe Government will respond to its consultation on aligning the upper age for National Health Service prescription charge exemptions with the state pension age in due course.