| Heading: |
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges |
| Question ID: |
1816169 |
| UIN: |
HL8754 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
499 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Campbell-Savours
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Lord Campbell-Savours
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of providing free prescriptions of colostomy and ileostomy related products in 2023–24. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
It is not possible to estimate the total cost to the National Health Service of providing free prescriptions for colostomy and ileostomy related products. NHS patients pay a fixed charge for each prescription item dispensed in primary care, unless they ar... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |