The Availability of Over-The-Counter Pharmaceutical Drugs

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 9 January 2019.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 2:25, 9 January 2019

In their preparations for a possible 'no deal' Brexit, the UK Ministers for the NHS, at least in England, proposed allowing pharmacists to substitute certain drugs for ones with similar effects, where their professional judgment supports that. Does the Minister agree that, actually, generally, we should be allowing pharmacists greater discretion to deploy their professional judgment to serve their patients, to take pressure off GPs and to ensure cost-effective delivery?