Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73071
Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 67788 on Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses,, how many enquiry letters were to individuals regarding incorrectly claiming medical exemption from NH
Answer
Karin SmythBetween 1 June 2024 and 30 June 2025, a total of 67,777 enquiry letters were issued in relation to National Health Service prescriptions for which a medical exemption certificate had been claimed.