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Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Schools

Commons · Question 9221 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe a third epi pen to school children with severe allergies when school policies require them to leave one of the two

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Oct 2024

Clinicians are responsible for making prescribing decisions for their patients and, where appropriate, can prescribe the number of EpiPens needed, taking into account best practice, the patient's needs, and any local or national guidance. There are alread...