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1170692

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date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions were issued for tranquillisers in each year from 2015 to date, which exceeded the Committee on Safety of Medicines two to four week guidelines issued in 1988.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested as the NHS Business Services Authority does not capture the duration for which a prescription is intended to be used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 22/01/2020 16:57:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1170693

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking on the prescription of benzodiazepines and z drugs by doctors beyond the two to four week guidelines issued by the Committee on Safety in Medicines in 1988.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019 Public Health England published an evidence review of medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal, including benzodiazepines and z drugs. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report</a></p><p>Alongside ongoing improvements to medicines safety and the use of prescribed drugs, NHS England is reviewing the recommendations from this review and other evidence to develop a set of actions to reduce and treat prescription medicine dependency.</p><p>A national review of overprescribing in the National Health Service is being led by Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge and will be published in 2020. This will focus on people who take multiple medicines to ensure patients are receiving the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The review will consider how to improve management of non-reviewed repeat prescriptions including prescriptions beyond guidelines, and the role of digital technologies in reducing overprescribing.</p><p>The Government is committed to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 6,000 more primary care professionals, including pharmacists. This is on top of the additional 20,000 primary care professionals NHS England are providing funding towards recruiting. Community pharmacists have a key role in monitoring the care and treatment of patients, and would be in a position to review a patient’s medication usage and prescriptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 3212 3215 question first answered 20/01/2020 15:33:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1170694

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescription Drugs: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 2020 cross-government addiction strategy will include proposals on treatment for people who have become dependent on drugs prescribed by their doctor.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	3215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019 Public Health England published an evidence review of medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal, including benzodiazepines and z drugs. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report</a></p><p>Alongside ongoing improvements to medicines safety and the use of prescribed drugs, NHS England is reviewing the recommendations from this review and other evidence to develop a set of actions to reduce and treat prescription medicine dependency.</p><p>A national review of overprescribing in the National Health Service is being led by Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Dr Keith Ridge and will be published in 2020. This will focus on people who take multiple medicines to ensure patients are receiving the most appropriate treatment for their needs. The review will consider how to improve management of non-reviewed repeat prescriptions including prescriptions beyond guidelines, and the role of digital technologies in reducing overprescribing.</p><p>The Government is committed to growing the workforce by 6,000 more doctors in general practice and 6,000 more primary care professionals, including pharmacists. This is on top of the additional 20,000 primary care professionals NHS England are providing funding towards recruiting. Community pharmacists have a key role in monitoring the care and treatment of patients, and would be in a position to review a patient’s medication usage and prescriptions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 3212 3214 question first answered 20/01/2020 15:33:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams