PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sickle Cell Diseases: Prescriptions (7 December 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free prescriptions to individuals with sickle cell disease.
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Answer
There are no plans to make a specific assessment. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge and there are exemptions from prescription charges which those with sickle cell disease may be eligible for and be in receipt of free prescriptions. In 2022/23, prescription charges have been frozen, which applies to the single prescription charge and prescription pre-payment certificates.
Answered by:
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
12 December 2022
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