Mental Illness: Consent to Medical Treatment
Commons · Question 71917 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help support patients with mental health problems in exercising their right to refuse medication in NHS settings.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Oct 2025
Any decision to prescribe a medicine should be made following a conversation between the prescriber and patient. This is known as shared decision making and should involve discussing with the patient the risks, benefits and possible consequences of differ...