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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions (24 March 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include Cystic Fibrosis patients on the medical exemption list to make them eligible for free prescriptions on the NHS.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Answer

We presently have no plans to do so. Approximately 89% of prescription items are currently dispensed free of charge and there are a range of exemptions from prescription charges, for which those with cystic fibrosis may be eligible and in receipt of free prescriptions.


Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
30 March 2023

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