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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting people with sickle-cell anaemia from prescription charges.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Sept 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 sickle-cell anaemia from prescription charges.

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    There are no plans to amend the list of medical conditions that provide eligibility for free prescriptions to include sickle-cell anaemia.Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wid...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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