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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 22114, tabled on 6 January 2025

Question

James Naish
Labour
Rushcliffe
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will simplify the process for obtaining Maternity Exception Certificates.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Labour
Bristol South
Commons

Answered on

9 January 2025

There are no plans to revise the application process for maternity exemption certificates that provide entitlement to free National Health Service prescriptions. The NHS Business Services Authority has advised that in 2024, 48,063 Penalty Charge Notices were issued to those who indicated they held a valid maternity exemption certificate that could not be validated.

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