Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48407

Paramedical Staff: Prescriptions

Tabled: 28 April 2025

Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to expand prescribing rights for controlled drugs by paramedic prescribers.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department remains committed to exploring the extension of medicine responsibilities for non-medical professionals, where it is safe and appropriate to do so. This will support the aim that patients are cared for, and treated by, the most appropriate ...

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