Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients prescribed antidepressants who do not take that medication for the prescribed length of time.
The Department has made no such estimate. The Government expects clinicians to prescribe anti-depressants responsibly and to follow the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on shared decision making when discussing care and treatment options with their patients.