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Can I get gluten-free food on the NHS?

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Can I get gluten-free food on the NHS?

Prescribing staple gluten free food gives patients clinically diagnosed with coeliac disease NHS support to manage their gluten free diet, which is the only treatment for their condition. In England, only bread and flour mixes are available on prescription.

What gluten-free products are available?

The following grains, legumes, seeds, and other starchy foods are naturally gluten-free:

  • Amaranth.
  • Arrowroot.
  • Beans.
  • Buckwheat groats (also known as kasha)
  • Cassava.
  • Chia.
  • Corn.
  • Flax.

Can you get gluten-free food on prescription in England?

In England, prescriptions for gluten free food are not free of charge unless you qualify for free prescriptions. Find out if you qualify for free prescriptions. Usually you will need to pay one prescription charge for each item on your prescription. The prescription charge in England is £9.35, as of 1 April 2021.

Can I get Juvela on prescription?

The Juvela range of staple gluten free foods is available on prescription for patients (adults and children) who have been clinically diagnosed with coeliac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis.

Which gluten-free bread is available on prescription?

In England, from December 2018 gluten free bread loaves, rolls and flour mixes are the only foods available on prescription.

Can celiacs get bread on prescription?

Once you have a medical diagnosis of coeliac disease, you are entitled to a range of gluten free foods on prescription including bread, rolls and flour mixes.

Is Weetabix gluten-free?

All our products contain gluten from either wheat, barley or oats. Click here for a full list of our products. Oatibix biscuits and Oatibix flakes are wheat ingredient free but they contain malted barley extract and are produced on a line on which Weetabix and other wheat based flakes are made.

What treats are gluten-free UK?

Here’s the 34 ‘accidentally’ gluten free products you need to try ASAP…

  • Mark’s and Spencer Milk and Cookies Chocolate Spread.
  • Asda Fresh Italian Gnocchi.
  • Aldi Smarties (Choc Um’s)
  • Co-Op Haddock Goujons.
  • Lidl Pringles (Snaktastic Potato Snacks)
  • Aldi Lightly Dusted Whitebait.
  • Aldi Monster Munch (Snackrite Monster Claws)

Which gluten free bread is available on prescription?

Is Warburton bread gluten free?

A soft, tasty, white gluten free bread – in a more convenient size. Our expert bakers have created our white loaf, as soft and tasty as always but in a smaller, more convenient size. What’s more, our white loaf is a source of fibre, calcium and iron, and is low in saturated fat and in sugars too.

Is Celiac a disability UK?

Coeliac disease is not defined as a disability under the Equality Act 2010 although it is a long term condition. It is an autoimmune disease which requires an adjustment to the diet to prevent symptoms.

Can you get genius gluten free bread on prescription?

GENIUS BREADS AVAILABLE ON PRESCRIPTION You can get the following range of Genius gluten-free bread on prescription if you have been medically diagnosed with coeliac disease and/or dermatitis herpetiformis.