A Bill to make provision about the liability of practitioners, and of the organisation which employs the practitioner, where a practitioner prescribes an unlicensed medicine to or carries out a non-standard treatment on a person who is terminally ill; to make provision about the import, storage and use of equipment and unlicensed medicines for the purpose of such prescriptions or such treatment; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Dame Siobhain McDonaghLabour (Co-op)
6 May 2026
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This Bill would create a legal framework about when practitioners and the organisations that employ them can be held liable if they prescribe unlicensed medicines or perform non-standard treatments on terminally ill patients. It also covers the import, storage and use of equipment and unlicensed medicines for these treatments, and related purposes. The aim is to provide clarity on accountability and safety in these sensitive medical situations.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. It had its 1st Reading on 26 November 2024 and is moving through the early stages in the Commons, with the sponsor being Dame Siobhain McDonagh.
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26 Nov 2024
The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
