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Living with coeliac disease is far from simple – as Independent readers made clear in response to news that children in the North West could soon lose access to gluten-free food on prescription.
Many shared the daily challenges of managing the condition, describing a gluten-free diet as not a lifestyle choice but a medical necessity.
Several said they were lucky enough to afford it but worried for families who could not, while others recalled being diagnosed as a child and depending on prescriptions to stay healthy.
Readers were appalled by suggestions from Cheshire and Merseyside health bosses that families could turn to food banks instead, saying the idea “lacked basic compass
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