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 Democrat — St 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 AhmedThe 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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