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Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of occupational therapist prescribing rights on (a) reducing waiting times and (b) improving access to care in West Dorset.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of occupational therapist prescribing rights on (a) reducing waiting times and (b) improving access to care in West Dorset.

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    We support the expansion of non-medical professional groups being able to use legal mechanisms to prescribe, supply, and administer medicines to patients where it is safe to do so. There is a robust process in place for making such changes to ensure they ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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General Practitioners

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Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the experience of constituents in West Dorset using the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to resolve complaints against public bodies.

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Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

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Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of gluten-free food on people with coeliac disease in West Dorset.

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Coeliac Disease: Gluten-free Foods

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to people with coeliac disease in West Dorset to help meet the additional cost of a gluten-free diet.

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Food: Prices

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