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Skin Diseases: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to mandate (a) training and (b) continuing professional development for prescribers and pharmacists on recognising and managing Topical Steroid Withdrawal.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
3 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to mandate (a) training and (b) continuing professional development for prescribers and pharmacists on recognising and managing Topical Steroid Withdrawal.

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Regulated healthcare professionals need to meet the standards of proficiency, conduct, and performance set by the relevant professional regulator, which are independent of the Government. It is the responsibility of individual employers to ensure their st...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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