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Prescriptions: Terminal Illnesses

Asked by Sarah BoolConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64957

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the requirement that (a) all and (b) terminally ill patients should renew their Medical Exemption Certificates every five year

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the public purse of the requirement for patients to renew their medical exemption certificate every five years.

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