Prescriptions
(asked on 5th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected savings are for the NHS of ending prescriptions for certain items that can be purchased over the counter.
This question was answered on 13th July 2017
NHS England is leading a review of medicines which may be considered as being of low clinical value and is working with NHS Clinical Commissioners to develop new guidance for clinical commissioning groups. NHS England expects to publish a consultation on the draft guidance shortly. The Department has not made an impact assessment on this work.