Question follow-through · 123266

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS prescription exemption-checking system.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 24 Mar 2026
Target answer date: 26 Mar 2026
Answer: 30 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS prescription exemption-checking system.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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30 Mar 2026
Answer published
While the Department has not undertaken a formal evaluation of the National Health Service prescription exemption‑checking system, it has put in place arrangements to balance timely access to medicines with proportionate protection of public funds.The Pre...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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