Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
(asked on 5th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing prescription charges for people with long-term conditions.
This question was answered on 13th June 2018
The Department has no plans to review prescription charges for people with long-term conditions. In the financial year 2016/17, prescription charge income generated £554.9 million of revenue for the National Health Service which played a key role in contributing to the cost of providing services.
Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17