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Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

Commons · Question 15343 · Tabled 20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2024

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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...