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Prescriptions: Pre-payment

Commons · Question 23960 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Bloore

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the use of Prescription Prepayment Certificates.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 Jan 2025

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) promotes prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs) as part of a wider communications plan for all of the Help with Health Costs services that it delivers. The NHS BSA and the National Health Service use soci...