[Margaret Pilkington]

The peanut allergy thing isn't really an issue....how many people do you know who can't live their lives without having a peanut....so No, I am not in favour of people with nut allergies getting food on prescription.

Coeliac disease is a bit different....and if the gluten free bread in Tesco(or any other retail outlet) was the same price as a Warbies toastie loaf then I would be saying exactly what you are saying, but it isn't....in some instances gluten free food is more than double the price of the ordinary product....so how about this for a compromise.......the coeliac sufferer pays for their bread what you and I pay for ours,
and the rest of the cost is taken care of by vouchers...issued on prescription.

I am not exactly sure how the prescription situation is for dietary products....but for medicines it is one medicine one prescrition charge(£7 something) so if you pay your prescription charge and get 4 loaves, the coeliac sufferers are paying much more for their dietary product than the rest of us pay for ordinary bread.....and only slightly less that it is to buy in Supermarkets.

I'm glad that you didn't think I was having a pop at you....and also that some of the other points you agreed with too.

Give the gluten free experiment a try. I am sure you will be glad to go back to normal food.