Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods
Commons · Question 71387 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Integrated Care Board decisions to reduce or withdraw gluten-free prescribing on patient health outcomes for people with coeliac disease.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Sep 2025
The Department carried out an analysis of this issue as part of its Equalities Impact Assessment, which was published as part of the consultation on the availability of gluten-free (GF) foods on prescription in primary care, launched in March 2017. A copy...