Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

(asked on 4th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any savings made by the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as a result of not charging for prescriptions.


This question was answered on 15th July 2019

The Department has made no such assessment. All issues relating to healthcare provision are a matter for the devolved administrations.

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