Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 18461

Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support occupational therapists to undertake training required for independent prescribing qualifications.

Answer

Preet Kaur Gill

We support the expansion of non-medical professional groups being able to use legal mechanisms to prescribe, supply, and administer medicines to patients where it is safe to do so. There is a robust process in place for making such changes to ensure they ...

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