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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to begin his consultation on prescription charges and exemptions; and whether that consultation will include the question of whether asthma should be added to the list of health conditions exempt from prescription charges. (219973)

We will publish our planned consultation on cost neutral changes to the system of prescription charges and exemptions in England later this year. This will include proposals to change the current medical exemptions.