Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of high street pharmacies on suspending prescription delivery charges for people who in self-isolation due to covid-19.

Patients who are required to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a medical condition as identified by NHS England and NHS Improvement will have any medication that they require delivered to their homes free of charge. These patients will receive a letter to notify them of this provision and how they can access it. If patients do not currently have their prescriptions delivered, they can arrange this by:

- Asking someone who can pick up their prescription from their local pharmacy; and

- Contacting their pharmacy to ask them to arrange for their prescription to be delivered to their home. This may be by a volunteer who we have vouched for.