Once again gluten free on prescription is coming under threat with many counties in the UK already having removed gluten free bread and pasta from prescriptions.
Added 28th March 2017
Updated 10th November 2020
The British Medical Journal debate whether gluten free food should be on prescription or not.
Gluten free prescriptions are being cut in Somerset from December in order to save the NHS money
With Daily Mail and The Mirror attacking gluten free prescriptions it has led to a debate; Should gluten free prescriptions be scrapped
We take a look at the cost of gluten free prescriptions to Coeliacs and to the NHS, how much does the NHS actually spend on gluten free prescriptions?