Question follow-through · 92468
NHS: Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on of not offering prescriptions longer than the standard 28-day cycle to patients with long-term, stable conditions on both GP practices and pat
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on of not offering prescriptions longer than the standard 28-day cycle to patients with long-term, stable conditions on both GP practices and pat
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
Prescribing durations are typically 28, 56, or 84 day intervals. There are no current national contract requirements, standards, criteria or guidance as to optimal prescription length from NHS England. Currently, prescription duration is guided by local p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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