PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sickle Cell Diseases: Prescriptions (7 March 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free prescriptions for sickle cell patients.
Asked by:
Janet Daby (Labour)
Asked by:
Janet Daby (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. Patients with sickle cell disease may meet the eligibility criteria for another prescription charge exemption and be in receipt of free prescriptions.
Answered by:
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
14 March 2023
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