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Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department of Health and Social Care

Jul. 20 2022

Source Page: Women’s Health Strategy for England
Document: Women's Health Strategy for England (web accessible) (PDF)

Found: Women’s Health Strategy for England

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
First Minister’s Question Time - Wed 04 May 2022

Mentions:
1: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) the UK, and we have lower income tax for the majority.We have free prescriptions. - Speech Link
2: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) In West Lothian, discounted rail travel for the over-60s was delivered by Labour but, across Scotland - Speech Link
3: Sturgeon, Nicola (SNP - Glasgow Southside) I concede that, as is the case in many countries, waiting times for access to NHS services in all areas - Speech Link
4: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) breast cancer screening for those who are aged over 71. - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Alternative Pathways to Primary Care - Tue 22 Mar 2022

Mentions:
1: None We advertised the local groups and were able to tell people about food pantries, the over-60s social - Speech Link
2: None but about half a million over-60s do not use the internet, and 600,000 over-60s do not have the internet - Speech Link
3: None Especially in NHS settings over the past two years, we have almost been trying to keep as many people - Speech Link
4: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) Adam Stachura mentioned the scale of the issue, given the number of over-60s who do not have a device - Speech Link
5: None used instead of paper prescriptions. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) In Swindon, a woman in her late 60s told me that she now never uses the oven and instead lives off sandwiches - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) As for the NHS and social care levy being introduced through national insurance, it is appropriate for - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) However, this levy is important to make sure that we get the funding for the NHS backlogs and for the - Speech Link
4: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) They also have universal free prescriptions and are more likely to have had targeted energy efficiency - Speech Link
5: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) Over the past decade, I do not recall there being many calls for more support for people over retirement - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 06 Jan 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) up free football sessions for local children just last summer. - Speech Link
2: Martin Vickers (CON - Cleethorpes) The Grimsby Telegraph website currently shows an article headed, “Free NHS prescriptions ‘to be axed’ - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) Taxpayers have provided an extra £5.4 billion to the NHS to respond to covid-19 over the next six months - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Ten-Year Drugs Strategy - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) cuts over the last decade, for lives lost and for communities that have had to bear the brunt of the - Speech Link
2: Rupa Huq (IND - Ealing Central and Acton) Three years after the Minister’s Government legislated for medical cannabis on the NHS, why have only - Speech Link
3: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) The fantastic thing about them is that they are absolutely free. - Speech Link
4: Robert Goodwill (CON - Scarborough and Whitby) that they were getting an increasing number of call-outs to professional people in their 50s and early-60s - Speech Link

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2573 97 16761 Allow over 60s to get student finance to study

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Tax and Revenues Directorate

Dec. 09 2021

Source Page: Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement 2022-2023
Document: Annex A: Portfolio Assessment and Update to the Key Risks (PDF)

Found: This is in addition to over £42 million of continued funding support for the expansion of free school

Closed Petition closed 18th February 2022

Protect free NHS prescriptions for over 60s - Final Signatures: 46,495

Continue to give free NHS prescriptions to over 60s. The Government is consulting on aligning the upper age exemption for NHS prescription charges with the State Pension age (SPA), which would render many people in their 60s ineligible.

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 6th March 2023

The Government responsed to this petition on 28th January 2022 (View Full Response)
89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge. People who pay for their prescription charges and need many prescription items can save money with a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC).
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Found: Over 60s are generally more susceptible to health issues, and after pension age, have less money available

Arms Length Body Publication (Published)
NICE

Sep. 22 2021

Source Page: Sapropterin for treating hyperphenylalaninaemia in phenylketonuria
Publication Type: Supporting evidence
Document: Final appraisal determination committee papers (PDF 10.69 MB) (webpage)

Found: Sapropterin for treating hyperphenylalaninaemia in phenylketonuria