Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38583

Prescription Drugs: Misuse

Tabled: 17 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of misuse of prescription drugs.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has made no such assessment. We are unable to assess trends in this area because there is no universal definition of prescription only medicine misuse, and data is not routinely collected, particularly for patients using medication without ...

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