Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40677

Prescription Drugs: Environment Protection

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the environmental impact of prescribing (a) inhalers and (b) other medicines.

Answer

Karin Smyth

In October 2020, the National Health Service published its Net Zero Strategy, in order to become the world’s first health system to commit to reaching net zero emissions, and NHS England is working collaboratively with a range of partners on implementatio...

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