questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services to patients in rural areas.
answerText: It is the responsibility of local commissioners and providers to ensure the adequacy of all services to patients in rural areas, and that includes Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT).In 2022, NHS England surveyed OPAT provision across Engla...
heading: Antimicrobials: Rural Areas