Question follow-through · 48378
Care Homes: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing licensing scheme for access to controlled drugs in UK care homes.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing licensing scheme for access to controlled drugs in UK care homes.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 May 2025
Answer published
Most care homes will not require a licence to access medicines containing controlled drugs for patients who need them. This is because care homes run by public authorities or charities are exempt from the need for a licence. In addition, all care homes wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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