Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43678

Antidepressants

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what type of mental health support will patients who are prescribed antidepressants be able to receive from community pharmacies.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The New Medicine Service (NMS) is an advanced service offered by community pharmacies, providing patients with advice to address any possible side effects, issues, or questions that patients who are prescribed a new medicine may have. The service focuses ...

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