Question follow-through · 9221

Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe a third epi pen to school children with severe allergies when school policies require them to leave one of the two

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 15 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 17 Oct 2024
Answer: 22 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe a third epi pen to school children with severe allergies when school policies require them to leave one of the two
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2024
Answer published
Clinicians are responsible for making prescribing decisions for their patients and, where appropriate, can prescribe the number of EpiPens needed, taking into account best practice, the patient's needs, and any local or national guidance. There are alread...

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