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Care Homes and Palliative Care: Drugs

Commons · Question 49330 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of controls on stocking (a) palliative care medicines and (b) controlled drugs on the (i) adequacy of access to medication for patien

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 May 2025

Under the Enhanced health in care homes framework, every care home must be aligned to a primary care network (PCN) and must have established protocols between the PCN, the care home, and system partners, such as local general practices and pharmacies, for...