Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98530

Prescriptions

Tabled: 9 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings to the NHS from reducing the number of failed or repeated prescriptions for the same item.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

No specific assessment has been made.As part of providing National Health Service pharmaceutical services, pharmacy contractors are required to dispense all prescriptions reasonably promptly. If there is an issue with a prescription, such as an error on t...

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