questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending independent prescribing rights to Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs); and whether his Department has plans to review the eligibility of ODPs to undertake non-medical prescribing qualifications and progress into Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles on the same basis as other Allied Health Professionals, including radiographers and paramedics.
answerText: Operating department practitioners are registered allied health professionals who support patients before, during, and after surgery, including in operating theatres and recovery areas.The Government has no current plans to allow operating department prac...
heading: Occupational Therapy: Prescriptions