PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges (3 December 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include sickle cell anaemia on the list of conditions for which medical exemption certificates for NHS prescriptions can be obtained.

Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)

Answer

The Department has no current plans to do so. Extensive arrangements are in place to ensure that people can access affordable prescriptions.


Answered by:
Steve Brine (Conservative)
7 December 2018

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