Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
Commons · Question 15066 · Tabled 19 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help support people with Coeliac disease with the cost of food; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening access to gluten free product
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 25 Nov 2024
We recognise the pressures people are facing with the rising cost of living. Our extensive arrangements to help people afford National Health Service prescription charges mean that almost 89% of prescription items in England are already provided free of c...