Allergies: Schools
Commons · Question 22697 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the new Neffy treatment for severe allergic reactions to schools when available on the NHS.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 15 Jan 2025
Needle-free epinephrine nasal spray is not currently licensed for use in the United Kingdom. Consideration as to whether this could be used in schools would have to be taken once the medicine receives a marketing authorisation. Since October 2017, the Hum...