Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy
Commons · Question 115024 · Tabled 23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 71118 on Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy, what progress he has made on the wider programme of work relating to the medicines responsibilit
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 3 Mar 2026
The Department supports expanding medicines responsibilities for non‑medical professionals where it is safe to do so. Appropriately trained occupational therapists can already supply and administer medicines under patient specific directions or patient gr...