Written question asked by Lord Laming (Crossbench) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Prescription Drugs
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the NHS of identifying, sourcing and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions.
- Answer
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The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the National Health Service of identifying, sourcing, and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions.
Prescriptions issued on an emergency basis to patients are not treated any differently to regular prescriptions.
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- HL11744
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- 2024-26
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- Prescription drugs
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- Yes
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