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Prescriptions: Care Leavers

Asked by Helen HayesLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 November 2024UIN 15221

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of NHS prescriptions for care leavers aged between 18 and 25.

Answered by Karin Smyth

There has been no recent assessment of the feasibility of extending free prescriptions to care leavers aged between 18 and 25 years old.

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