Question follow-through · 119857
Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to allow CQC-registered drug and alcohol treatment providers, including charities, to use the NHS Electronic Prescription Service in place of paper instalment pr
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to allow CQC-registered drug and alcohol treatment providers, including charities, to use the NHS Electronic Prescription Service in place of paper instalment pr
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department is working with NHS England to extend the NHS Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) to include instalment dispensing for the FP10MDA, or controlled drugs, prescription type. This will allow eligible services, including drug and alcohol trea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the availability of cheap alcohol.
Genomics
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