PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges (17 February 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing universal free prescriptions in England.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

Answer

There are no plans to make an assessment. Approximately 89% of prescription items are already dispensed free of charge and there are already a wide range of exemptions from prescription charges currently in place.


Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
27 February 2023

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