A question on #PrescriptionDrugs #Misuse tabled by Jim Shannon on 17-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Prescription Drugs: Misuse
Question ID: 1785194
UIN: 38583
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-17
Asking Member ID: 4131
Asking Member display name: Jim Shannon
Asking Member handle: jimshannonmp
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jimshannonmp
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of misuse of prescription drugs.
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Date answered: 2025-03-25
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The Department has made no such assessment. We are unable to assess trends in this area because there is no universal definition of prescription only medicine misuse, and data is not routinely collected, particularly for patients using medication without ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true