Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 2 August 2022 to Question 39893 on Prescription Drugs: Addictions, if his Department will issue guidance for patients on tapering the dosage of prescription medicines to reduce the likelihood of an adverse event or withdrawal symptoms.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults includes information for both health professionals and patients on the safe withdrawal from medicines. The Department has no plans to issue separate guidance for patients.