Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 55806 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the criteria for medical exemption certificates to include everyone with a (a) disability and (b) chronic illness.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Jun 2025
The Department has no plans to expand the criteria for medical exemption certificates.Individuals with qualifying medical conditions or with a continuing physical disability which prevents them from leaving their residence without the help of another pers...