Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department had made of the financial effect on people with low incomes of the NHS prescription levy increase.
People on a low income can seek help under the NHS Low Income Scheme, which provides help with health costs on an income-related basis.
Prescription charges are a valuable income source for the National Health Service, contributing £591.9 million in revenue for the financial year 2018/19, enabling more services to be provided for more people.