questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that pharmacists do not accidentally indicate that a patient is eligible for a waiver on prescription payments.
answerText: Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC) is in operation across the majority of community pharmacies in England. This enables pharmacies to confirm a person’s eligibility for free National Health Service prescriptions through real-time checks of NHS and Depart...
heading: Prescriptions: Fees and Charges