Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods
Commons · Question 15343 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve access to gluten-free staple foods for patients with coeliac disease by (a) improving the availability of those foods on prescription and (b) providing financial su
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 27 Nov 2024
The national prescribing position in England remains that gluten free bread and mixes can be provided to all coeliac patients on a National Health Service prescription, and a wide range of these items continue to be listed in part XV of the Drug Tariff. T...