Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8448

Propranolol: Prescriptions

Tabled: 10 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people being prescribed propranolol to treat anxiety.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The information requested is not held. National Health Service prescriptions do not list the indication for which the medicine is prescribed. It is therefore not possible to determine from prescribing data held by the NHS Business Services Authority the n...

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