Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115024

Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Daisy Cooper

Liberal DemocratSt Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 71118 on Prescriptions: Occupational Therapy, what progress he has made on the wider programme of work relating to the medicines responsibilit

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department supports expanding medicines responsibilities for non‑medical professionals where it is safe to do so. Appropriately trained occupational therapists can already supply and administer medicines under patient specific directions or patient gr...

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