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Gluten-free food products for use in Coeliac Disease and gluten intolerance

• Historically availability in supermarkets

poor – no longer the case

• A wide range of products now available
• nline and in supermarkets at

affordable prices

• Price paid if prescribed under the NHS

is significantly higher (2-3 times higher plus handling fees and out of pocket expenses)

Gluten-Free food products for use in Coeliac Disease and gluten intolerance

Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire CCGs will commission only treatments or services which accord with all of the following principles:

• Appropriateness
• Effectiveness
• Cost-effectiveness
• Ethical
• Affordability

Gluten-Free food products for use in Coeliac Disease and gluten intolerance

The NHS Constitution commits the CCGs:

• to provide best value for taxpayers’ money

and the most-effective, fair and sustainable use of finite resources

• to make decisions in a clear and

transparent way

Gluten-Free food products for use in Coeliac Disease and gluten intolerance

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• In 2015-16 Blackburn with Darwen CCG spent £110,000 on

GF products, and East Lancashire £205,998 through the

• NHS. This can be re-invested into alternative patient services
• The CCGs plan to undergo a patient engagement exercise in

the coming weeks

• Proposal is to stop commissioning GF products through the

NHS based on:

• Range of products are now available from supermarkets
• Cost is comparative to non-GF products
• Patients to be encouraged to avoid certain products such

as pizza bases, bread and pasta and to eat healthier choices: fruit and vegetables, potatoes, rice, fish etc

Gluten-Free food products for use in Coeliac Disease and gluten intolerance

Engagement Proposal

• Online survey – 3 weeks (looking at

commencing ASAP)

• Promotion via media, social media, and web
• Briefing to PPGs, Healthwatch, and

councillors to promote