Question follow-through · 13477
Pharmacy: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to allow pharmacists to make safe substitutions when a prescribed medicine is unavailable.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 10 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
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to allow pharmacists to make safe substitutions when a prescribed medicine is unavailable.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
We consulted on proposals to enable pharmacist flexibilities when dispensing medicines and have considered the responses to this consultation, with further information available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/enabling-ph...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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