PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges (18 January 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to align prescription charges in England with that of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
No specific assessment has been made. However, the impact assessment which accompanied the consultation document on aligning the upper age exemption for National Health Service prescription charges with the state pension age examined a range of issues for those on lower incomes. The impact assessment is available at the following link:
There are no plans to abolish prescription charges in England, as in the devolved administrations.
Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
24 January 2022
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