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Prescriptions: Care Leavers

Asked by Darren PaffeyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 12 November 2024UIN 12907

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged 18 to 25.

Answered by Karin Smyth

There are no current plans to make an assessment of the feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged 18 to 25 years old.

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