FAQ

My local CCG has already withdrawn prescriptions. Does this decision mean that they need to reinstate them?

While we are pleased that the needs of coeliac disease patients are being recognised at a national level, we are very concerned at the actions already taken by individual Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to remove access to gluten free food on prescription in some regions.

However, CCGs are autonomous and do not have to follow national guidance so we will identify where access to prescriptions has been withdrawn and challenge those CCGs to review and reverse their actions.

We will be working hard to make sure individual CCGs fulfil their obligations to manage the health of their patients with coeliac disease, particularly those most at risk of being unable to maintain a gluten free diet.

We will keep those members affected informed of our progress in persuading individual CCGs to reinstate prescriptions.

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