Prescription Drugs: Misuse
Commons · Question 38583 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of misuse of prescription drugs.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 25 Mar 2025
The Department has made no such assessment. We are unable to assess trends in this area because there is no universal definition of prescription only medicine misuse, and data is not routinely collected, particularly for patients using medication without ...