Written questions

Antidepressants

Commons · Question 9060 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 25 Jun 2026

In 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines entitled Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults to assist clinicians in supporting patients pre...