Question follow-through · 18280
Anaemia: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the list of medical conditions which provide exemption from the prescription charges to include aplastic anaemia.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 18 Aug 2026 · 36 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending the list of medical conditions which provide exemption from the prescription charges to include aplastic anaemia.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Aug 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 18 August 2026 in response to Question 18253.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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