Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 13769
Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs
Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prolonged use of steroid creams.
Answer
Karin SmythThe decision to prescribe a particular drug is a clinical one, and should be based on the patient’s medical needs. Decisions about what medicines to prescribe are made by the doctor or healthcare professional responsible for that part of the patient’s car...
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