Question follow-through · 61334
Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting people with cystic fibrosis from prescription charges.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting people with cystic fibrosis from prescription charges.
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department has no plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate, for exemption from prescription charges.Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the com...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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