Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49525

Prescription Drugs

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prescription medication that is wasted.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
NHS England has made data, tools, and resources available to integrated care boards (ICBs), primary care networks, and general practices following the 2021 overprescribing review. These include a National Medicines Optimisation Opportunity dashboard for I...

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