Taxpayer money sent to people with gluten allergies to help buy food | UK | News
The Wales Government will distribute the bank -style cards that are predetermined with the money of taxpayers for gluten -free people to use for food shops. People with diseases such as celiac are currently given food from the pharmacy. Although the prescription system will still be available, the new plan allows people to pay for gluten -free foods in places such as cards, supermarkets, community pharmacies and online stores.
Health Minister Jeremy Miles, Britain’s first movement, according to a Celiac UK report, adding 35% to the invoices “to identify the supply of gluten -free foods,” he said. From Pembrokeshire to Cherlee Barker, he was given £ 14 a month on his card during the pilot scheme, and said the BBC was “drawing the surface of the cost” and food is “not edible”.
He said: “I didn’t want to get the money from NHS. ‘I just thought, but I thought it was becoming more and more expensive after a short time … This is not a lifestyle choice, but a need.”
The Wales government did not explain how much money it would be on the cards, but the figure will vary depending on the person and are regularly reviewed.
It is also not known how much will be spent on the plan, but the ministers said it would be “independent of cost” and will not be added to the NHS budget.
Mr. Miles, the new initiative “GPS and Pharmacies for administrative loads” will cut, he said. “For people with celiac disease, it is a medical necessity, not a choice of lifestyle after a strict gluten -free diet.
“We want to reduce the supply of gluten -free foods in Wales, provides people more freedom to reach the food they want to eat, more comfortable, will help them manage their situation.”
Gluten -free foods are more expensive among the country’s four largest supermarkets: Tesco, ASDA, Sinsbury’s and Morrison.
While its own brand nut bread costs an average of 63p, gluten -free equivalent is £ 2.26. For Penne Pasta, 56p per 500g per 500g and the cheapest gluten -free option an average of 1.22 £.
Celiac disease allows a person to attack the immune system of his / her own tissues, so that their bodies cannot be properly taken to their nutrients, ie they cannot eat gluten or suffer from bloating, vomiting and diarrhea.
