Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who have bought an HRT pre-payment certificate are accessing HRT for the first time.
From 1 to 30 April 2023 there were 130,623 successful applications for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription pre-payment certificates. Information on the number of people who have bought prescription pre-payment certificates for HRT and who are accessing HRT for the first time is not held.