Question follow-through · 53726
Public Health and Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase levels of (a) prescribing rights and (b) public health advisory services for qualified (i) pharmacists, (ii) nurse practitioners and (iii) paramedics.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase levels of (a) prescribing rights and (b) public health advisory services for qualified (i) pharmacists, (ii) nurse practitioners and (iii) paramedics.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department remains committed to exploring the extension of medicine responsibilities for non-medical professionals, where it is safe and appropriate to do so. Paramedics, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists can all train as independent prescribers, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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