Prescription Drugs

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy.


Answered by
James Frith Portrait
James Frith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026

Inappropriate polypharmacy is one of the aspects of overprescribing that the Department is seeking to tackle alongside NHS England and other health partners, as set out in the response of 15 September to Question 21812.

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