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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 34679 · Tabled 28 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of NHS prescription charges on (a) patients' health outcomes and (b) numbers of (i) hospital admissions and (ii) GP visits

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 7 Mar 2025

The Department has made no assessment of the impact of prescription charges on patients’ health outcomes, or the number of hospital admissions or general practice visits. The Department does not hold data on the number of individuals not taking prescribed...