Question follow-through · 122475
Prescription Drugs: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reclassifying medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter on costs to the NHS.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reclassifying medicines from prescription-only to over-the-counter on costs to the NHS.
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government supports the reclassification of prescription only medicines (POMs) to over the counter (OTC) medicines, including for cost savings to the National Health Service, where it is safe and appropriate to do so, as this can improve patient acces...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sodium Valproate: Compensation
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has costed compensation for victims of sodium valproate.