Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100858
Depressive Illnesess: Young People
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many under 30s have been prescribed medication for depression.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) does not collect data on the clinical indication of a prescription. Given this, it is not possible to deduce which prescriptions were prescribed for depression. Many drugs have multiple uses, for example, some...
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