Written question asked by Tom Pursglove (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2019. It was answered by Seema Kennedy (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 July 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Smoking

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Clinical Commissioning Groups do not allow varenicline and other stop smoking treatments to be prescribed to patients in primary care; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

NHS England has advised that, because this is a locally commissioned service, they do not hold this information centrally.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

276206

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Medical treatments Smoking

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk