Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94769
Prescription Drugs: Lost Property
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Jim McMahon
Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the number of reported patient safety incidents as a result of prescription medicines being lost in delivery in each of the last five years.
Answer
Stephen KinnockPatient safety data is routinely collected by NHS England, including a breakdown of the proportion of incidents linked to community pharmacy. However, the Department does not hold data on the number of reported patient safety incidents that are a result o...
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