Prescriptions
Commons · Question 4571 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 71118 on Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy, if he will provide an update on the work of his department relating to the medicines respo
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Jun 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...