Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department’s (a) guidance and (b) charging policy for the provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy by NHS Trusts.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on the diagnosis and management of menopause in November 2015 that includes recommendations on hormone replacement therapy. NICE’s guideline is available at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23

General prescription charges would apply for the provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy. These are currently set at £8.80 per item.