Your gluten free prescription

Can I get gluten free foods on prescription?

Once you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease, you’re automatically entitled to Glutafin products on prescription to help you enjoy a well balanced, gluten free diet. In order to receive gluten free foods on prescription, you will need to fill out a gluten free prescription order form indicating which products you would like and the quantities, and then hand it back to your GP. Your order will then be delivered to your chosen pharmacy for you to collect once it is ready.

In most parts of the country, as with prescriptions for medication, your GP writes and signs a new gluten free prescription for you which you then collect from your local pharmacist.

What foods are available on prescription?

The Glutafin range includes a number of staple foods that you may have been used to eating before being diagnosed with coeliac disease:

• A wide variety of breads, such as white, fibre and seeded sliced loaves, rolls, baguettes and ready to eat fresh white and fibre sliced loaves
• A number of flour mixes suitable for making cakes, pastries, breads, batters, scones and sauces
• Pizza bases
• Pasta for every occasion
• Crackers & crisp breads
• Savoury biscuits

How do I plan my new diet?

Estimate what you ate in a typical month before you were diagnosed. Talk through your estimate with your GP or dietitian. They’ll help you work out how much gluten-free food you need on prescription for a balanced diet, tailored to your tastes and lifestyle. This recommendation will be based on guidelines from healthcare experts (see below).

Ordering from your GP or pharmacist

It can be daunting establishing your gluten free prescription. That’s why Glutafin have created the ‘Prescription Order Form’! Keep your GP and your pharmacist informed of your latest requests by using Glutafin's prescription form. Simply indicate how many of each item you would like, ensuring you keep within your allowed units, print the form off and hand it to your GP or pharmacist at your next visit. The form includes special ordering numbers called PIP codes which help the ordering process and are listed next to each item. These are helpful to your pharmacist and your GP will also find these useful, depending on which prescribing system they use. Even if you would like to change one product on prescription then ensure you have the PIP code from the Glutafin gluten free food page as the GP can easily look up and order this product then.

Simply:

Click on the link below and print off the form
Indicate the products you would like within your units
Take the form into your GP

As a member of Love Food Club you can indicate your units on the online form, print it off and also save it in My Own Prescription file for your future reference. If you are interested in the gluten free club you can join free today and also gain information on managing your coeliac condition, gluten free offers, new recipes, videos and baking tips from the Gluten Free Chef of the Year

Prescription Order Form

If you would like to try any of our products before getting them on prescription please just give us a call on 0800 988 2470 and we will be happy to send you out a free sample.

Guidelines on gluten free units

(Source: Gluten-free foods: a revised precribing guide 2011‘. Coeliac UK , Sept 2011.)

These guidelines suggest the approximate amount of gluten free food (classified in units) needed for a person with coeliac disease to maintain a balanced diet over a period of one month. They are based on advice from healthcare experts as well as input from patient organisations and patients themselves.

What is a (one) unit?
One unit of gluten free food is equivalent to, for example, a 400g loaf of bread, 2 x 150g pizza bases or 250g-400g rolls/baguettes.

Naturally, the guidelines vary according to age and gender. If you think you require mor, you should discuss with your GP or dietitian.