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Question follow-through · 49525

Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prescription medication that is wasted.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
8 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prescription medication that is wasted.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 May 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England has made data, tools, and resources available to integrated care boards (ICBs), primary care networks, and general practices following the 2021 overprescribing review. These include a National Medicines Optimisation Opportunity dashboard for I...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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