Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 5 September 2024
Asked by
Patrick Hurley
Labour — Southport
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Matthew Patrick)
Public service reform is needed, and that is exactly what we are doing. Just last week we announced a £42 million package to be invested in the digitising of prescriptions. With 45 million prescriptions issued every year, the service is inefficient and expensive, and we are changing that.