| Heading: |
Cystic Fibrosis |
| Question ID: |
1728717 |
| UIN: |
HL934 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4906 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie
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| Asking Member handle: |
stephaniefraser
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@stephaniefraser
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending eligibility for medical exemption certificates to patients with cystic fibrosis, given that many cystic fibrosis patients now live well into adulthood. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-20 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
There are no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate. Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there are a wide r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |