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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 12 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 July 2018. It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Friday, 20 July 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Olanzapine and Quetiapine

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has received on the extent to which (a) olanzapine and (b) quetiapine have not been prescribed on account of limitations on the availability of those drugs over the last three years; and what information his Department holds on the number of people who were prescribed (a) olanzapine and (b) quetiapine but were not able to receive those drugs due to limited availability in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018 to date.

Answer

A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has identified one item of correspondence received in 2017 about the availability of olanzapine and quetiapine. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only. We are not aware of any further representations.

We do not hold any information on items prescribed but not dispensed.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
163502
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Prescriptions Olanzapine Quetiapine
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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