United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 96782
Prescription Drugs: Misuse
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29 September 2020
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22 October 2020 · Answer
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22 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths which are primarily caused by excess of prescription drugs.
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29 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of deaths which are primarily caused by excess of prescription drugs.
Source: Commons
22 October 2020
Answer
A number of measures are in place to reduce death and harm from unnecessary medicines. Healthcare professionals are advised to take an approach known as medicines optimisation to their prescribing practice. Medicines optimisation focuses on patients and t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-29/96782
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1238744
- uk · wq-1238744 · source updated 22 October 2020