Cakes on prescription

[Silly Yak]

Posted by MSG on 19/2/2011, 18:54:50


Froggy et al. state that GF cakes are not and never have been available on prescription. According to NHS data, the following were prescribed in 2009:

275 Lifestyle G/F Battenburg cakes at £10.71 per item
65 Lifestyle GF Madeira cakes at £5.68 per item
72 Lifestyle GF Rich Fruit cakes at £9.06 per item
153 Lifestyle Sweet Pancakes at £6.05 per item

One item is not necessarily one cake. I have no time to analyse now, so check this for yourselves:

Source: www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/primary-care/prescriptions/prescription-cost-analysis-england--2009

[Silly Yak]

Posted by Christine from Northants on 19/2/2011, 22:07:17, in reply to "Cake on prescription"

I am amazed at MSG's post above. In all my 33 years of being diagnosed I've never seen cakes available on prescription. You can see why non-coeliacs get cross about us having "food" on prescription and it all adds fuel to the PCT's restrictions. There must be some very generous doctors around to sign the prescriptions in the first place. I think coeliacs who requested such cakes were taking a liberty.

[Silly Yak]

Posted by Kaaloo on 19/2/2011, 21:54:12, in reply to "Cake on prescription"


We used to get a pretty decent lemon cake on prescription - one day, it vanished off our repeats.