Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3123
Drugs: Waste Management
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask NHS England to monitor the (a) uptake of locally implemented waste reduction schemes and (b) impact of such schemes on levels of unused medicines.
Answer
Stephen KinnockNHS England is leading a programme on medicine optimisation which aims to help patients to improve outcomes and safety, take medicines as intended, avoid taking unnecessary medicines, and reduce wastage. Community pharmacies also offer the New Medicines S...
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