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tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
answer › answer text	%3Cp%3E%3Cem%3EThe %3C/em%3ENHS Business Services Authority and the National Health Service promote the NHS Low Income Scheme and prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) to professionals and patients. It does this through social media, online resources, media releases and healthcare bulletins.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EOur extensive arrangements to help people afford NHS prescription charges, means that almost 89%25 of prescription items in England are already provided free of charge. For those not exempt from charges, PPCs can be used to cap costs at approximately %C2%A32 a week for regular prescriptions.%3C/p%3E
min date	2018-11-19
min answer › question first answered	2018-11-20T16:18:11.853Z

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NHS Low Income Scheme: Chronic Illnesses

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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote (1) the NHS Low Income Scheme to chronically ill patients, including Hidradenitis suppurativa patients, and (2) the use of pre-payment prescription certificates to chronically ill patients, including Hidradenitis suppurativa patients.

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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

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22/01/2024

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The NHS Business Services Authority and the National Health Service promote the NHS Low Income Scheme and prescription pre-payment certificates (PPCs) to professionals and patients. It does this through social media, online resources, media releases and healthcare bulletins.Our extensive arrangements to help people afford NHS prescription charges, means that almost 89% of prescription items in England are already provided free of charge. For those not exempt from charges, PPCs can be used to cap costs at approximately £2 a week for regular prescriptions.

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Lord Markham

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22/01/2024 16:02:27

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	label	Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle