Care Homes: Drugs
Commons · Question 48379 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 May 2025
Question
Asked by Sharon Hodgson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase uptake levels of the license for access to controlled drugs in UK care homes with nursing provision.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 9 May 2025
Most care homes will not require a licence to access medicines containing controlled drugs for patients who need them. This is because care homes run by public authorities or charities are exempt from the need for a licence. In addition, all care homes wi...