Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67788
Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) patients and (b) terminally ill patients have been (i) prosecuted under the 1999 Health Act, (ii) fined and (iii) investigated for fraudulently claiming prescription charge exemptions.
Answer
Karin SmythThe Department has made no assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients, including terminally ill patients and patients with type 1 diabetes, to renew their medical exemption certificate every five years.Between 1 June 2024 a...
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