Question follow-through · 53264
Ambulance Services: Analgesics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing paramedics to (a) carry and (b) use fentanyl as an analgesic agent.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing paramedics to (a) carry and (b) use fentanyl as an analgesic agent.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2025
Answer published
The Department remains committed to exploring the extension of medicine responsibilities for non-medical professionals. This will support the aim that patients are cared for, and treated by, the most appropriate healthcare professional to meet their needs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Health Services: Waiting Lists
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting for NHS treatment.