Question follow-through · 47096
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of training convenience store staff and managers on the (a) administration and (b) acceptance of NHS Healthy Start cards.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of training convenience store staff and managers on the (a) administration and (b) acceptance of NHS Healthy Start cards.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) runs the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Retailers do not need to register to be part of the Healthy Start scheme. Retailers can accept Healthy Start card payments where they sell eligible Hea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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