Prescriptions: Chronic Illnesses
Commons · Question 80412 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the duration of medical exemption certificates for people with (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) other lifelong conditions.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 27 Nov 2025
Medical exemption certificates allow people with certain medical conditions to obtain their NHS prescriptions without charge, although not all the qualifying conditions which provide exemption are necessarily life-long.The five-year duration ensures that ...