Prescriptions improve outcomes for people with coeliac disease, write Matthew Kurien and colleagues , but James Cave lambasts a costly system that frustrates patients and doctors alikeThe NHS is facing unprecedented financial and operational pressures, with nearly two thirds of trusts in deficit.1 The...
Gluten-free, Coeliac disease, Prescriptions, Health expenditures, Primary health care, National Health Service, Deprivation, Clinical commission groupsCoeliac disease affects approximately 1% of the population and is increasingly diagnosed in the United Kingdom. A nationwide consultation in England has ...
(CCGs), of which there are 207 in England, decide who can access GF foods on prescription. Approximately 40% of CCGs are currently restricting or removing gluten-free food prescriptions in England [14]. In recent years there has been an improved availability of manufactured GF versions of ...