Pharmacy
(asked on 16th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Human Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 for pharmacy technicians and other roles to enable additional services to be provided by community pharmacies.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 22nd March 2022
The list of professionals included in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 who are able to supply, administer and prescribe is kept under review. NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently considering prescribing responsibilities across all non-medical groups.