Question follow-through · 19063
Mefloquine: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve General Practitioners’ awareness and understanding of Mefloquine toxicity, particularly in respect of Armed Forces veterans.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 49 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve General Practitioners’ awareness and understanding of Mefloquine toxicity, particularly in respect of Armed Forces veterans.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
NHS England has agreed to include screening for prior mefloquine use as part of patient clinical assessments within Op COURAGE and Op RESTORE. NHS England is working with providers to determine how this information can be recorded within existing clinical...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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