Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 26 February 2026.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding cystic fibrosis to the list of medical conditions that qualify for exemption from NHS prescription charges.
Gregory Stafford
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the list of medical conditions eligible for exemption from NHS prescription charges was last reviewed; and whether he plans to conduct a further review of that list.
Zubir Ahmed
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Yeovil on 27 January 2026 to Question 107568.
The last review of the prescription charge exemptions for people with long term conditions was conducted in 2009, by Professor Ian Gilmore, the then President of the Royal College of Physicians. His report was published in 2010 and is available on the GOV.UK website, at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescription-charges-review-the-gilmore-report
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