Prescription Drugs: Women
Commons · Question 70187 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of allowing qualified non-medical prescribers to prescribe (a) dihydrocodeine, (b) testosterone and (c) other controlled drugs on wom
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Sep 2025
The Department supports non-medical professions to use legal mechanisms to prescribe, administer and/or supply medicines to patients, where it is safe and appropriate to do so. Some non-medical healthcare professionals train as independent prescribers, al...