The government has decided to restrict gluten-free (GF) prescribing to bread and mixes only, following the March 2017 consultation on the availability of gluten-free foods on NHS prescription.
This new consultation provides the draft regulations that will allow this and describes what will be done to apply the changes.
There is a cost-benefit analysis (referred to an an Impact Assessment) of the various options. The key assumptions are the cost-effectiveness of GF foods and the propensity of individuals to continue buying GF foods…whilst a withdrawal of all foods has some scenarios with negative NPVs, the proposed (partial) withdrawal has none.
As far as I can see, health inequalities are not evaluated.
Further details are available here. It closes on the 1st October.
