Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 64957
Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the requirement that (a) all and (b) terminally ill patients should renew their Medical Exemption Certificates every five year
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has made no assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients to renew their medical exemption certificate every five years.