NHS trust suggests coeliac children use food banks after cancelling prescriptions to cut costs

Children in the North West with coeliac disease will no longer get gluten-free food on prescription to cut costs – with health bosses instead suggesting they could turn to food banks for help.

Around 40 per cent of independent care boards (ICBs) across the country have stopped providing gluten-free products to coeliacs, arguing they cost the NHS far more than they cost to buy in supermarkets.