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Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending prescribing rights to (a) dieticians, (b) occupational therapists, (c) prosthetists and orthotists, (d) diagnostic rad

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending prescribing rights to (a) dieticians, (b) occupational therapists, (c) prosthetists and orthotists, (d) diagnostic rad

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Department works with NHS England to ensure that the prescribing responsibilities for all Allied Health Professionals are regularly reviewed and updated. Where it is deemed clinically appropriate and necessary to extend prescribing responsibilities to...

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