Infectious Diseases: Drugs
(asked on 3rd June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation has responsibility for commissioning drugs that prevent the contraction of infectious diseases.
This question was answered on 8th June 2016
Bacteria and viruses cause a wide range of infectious diseases. Clinical commissioning groups, NHS England and local authorities all have commissioning responsibilities in respect of provision of drugs that prevent infectious diseases.