§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make drugs used to treat patients with myositis available on free prescriptions. [125201]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonPrescription charges are not payable by myositis patients who are aged under 16 or 60 or over, who are (or their partner is) receiving income support or income based jobseekers allowance, or who are named on a national health service tax credit exemption certificate. Other patients on a low income may receive help under the NHS low income scheme. We have no plans to change the current charging arrangements.
By using a prescription prepayment certificate, no one who has to pay need pay more than £32.90 for four months, or £90.40 for 12 months, for all NHS medication they are prescribed.