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Written question asked by Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 May 2025. It was answered by Stephen Kinnock (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Hospitals: Discharges

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on the average waiting times for discharge medications in hospital trusts within Wiltshire.

Answer

The Department does not hold data in the format requested. The data that is recorded relates to the dispensing time, from a prescription arriving in the dispensary to the time the medication is made available for the patient. The following table shows the most recent data available, for April 2025, regarding the average dispensing time for a prescription in the NHS South West region:

Region

Average time per discharge prescription

NHS South West

77 minutes


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50736
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Discharges Hospitals Drugs Wiltshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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