United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 3214
Tranquillisers: Prescriptions
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14 January 2020
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20 January 2020 · Answer
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20 January 2020
Summary
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.
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14 January 2020
Written question
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.
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20 January 2020
Answer
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:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-14/3214
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1170693
- uk · wq-1170693 · source updated 20 January 2020