Question follow-through · 655

Prescription Drugs: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provides on purchasing prescription-only medicines from overseas online providers for personal use.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
10 Jun 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provides on purchasing prescription-only medicines from overseas online providers for personal use.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) enforces the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 but it does not hold responsibility for regulating the prescribing or retail supply of medicines, which sits across various sector and professiona...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Written question 30096

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of increasing the accessibility of palliative care.