Prescription Drugs

(asked on 14th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2021 to Question 133917 on Prescription Drugs, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Public Health England review entitled Dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines; and what his timescale is for publishing a report on progress on implementing those recommendations.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th January 2021

An oversight group has been established by NHS England and NHS Improvement to oversee the recommendations of the Public Health England Review on prescribed medicines.

The group is focusing on the implementation of the recommendations, ensuring alignment with other relevant programmes already underway in the National Health Service and overseeing any new policy initiatives being taken forward in in response to the review.

This work is a priority and implementation of the recommendations is being taken forward as quickly as possible, taking into account other pressures on healthcare professionals and the NHS. With progress having been initially delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, an update on the programme is expected later this year or early in 2022.

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