Pharmacy: Community Health Services
Commons · Question 8740 · Tabled 11 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing community pharmacists to substitute prescription medication for generic alternatives in cases of medicine shortages.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 18 Oct 2024
If the generic name is written on the prescription, pharmacists can dispense any supplier’s version of that product. However, where the prescription is written for a brand or a supplier, then the pharmacist is required to supply that specific product. Gen...