Legislation · Law and ParliamentThe report distinguishes exceptional pre-reform licences with enforceable conditions from the general personal prohibition introduced across the wider prescribing route.
Open record and contextLegislation · Law and ParliamentThe proposed patient protection does not displace smoke-free law. This Health Act 2006 route is one part of the territorial framework; see the report for the full proposal.
Open record and contextCourts · Law and ParliamentCourt of Appeal judgment [2013] EWCA Civ 1345, especially paragraph 26: the public sector equality duty is continuing.
Open record and contextGMC · GuidanceRead the GMC’s information alongside the current prescribing guidance and the distinct FOI response about communication.
Open record and contextGMC · GuidanceParagraphs 35, 48 and 51 concern openness about departures from instructions, understanding the reasons and clinical treatment decisions.
Open record and contextNHSBSA · CorrespondenceA separate response about NHS unlicensed prescribing and identification risks in low numbers. It is not a private patient count.
Open record and contextNHSBSA · CorrespondenceNHS numbers are captured on about 20–30% of private prescriptions. NHSBSA explains why reliable distinct-patient statistics cannot be produced from these data.
Open record and contextNHSBSA · Research and adviceExact supplied CSV, monthly calculation and complete published request/response; 1,792,723 items, not a patient count.
Open record and contextHome Office · Decision papersSmoking-options advice to ministers: recognised patient benefit, professional controls and proposed prohibition.
13 September 2018
Open record and contextHome Office · Decision papersDecision email chain recording agreement to the smoking restriction and rejection of a fixed expiry date.
17 September 2018
Open record and contextHome Office · Decision papersEarlier Home Office submission identifying prescribed patients and possible objections.
11 September 2018
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceFuller disclosure reply and links to the submissions, supporting papers and decision email.
16 April 2026
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceInitial smoking extract and the related request and response.
13 March 2026
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceEquality duty, warning and allocation questions, with the actual request.
20 March 2026
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceTargeted patient-cohort assessment request and no-information-held response.
9 June 2026
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceInternal review describing search scope and reproducing the review request.
20 July 2026
Open record and contextHome Office · CorrespondenceRefined assessment questions and the department’s search answer.
10 July 2026
Open record and contextDHSC · CorrespondencePatient-assessment request and held-information cost refusal, supplied together.
8 June 2026
Open record and contextDHSC · CorrespondenceNarrower assessment request and repeated cost refusal.
20 July 2026
Open record and contextDHSC · CorrespondencePatient communication, professional responsibilities and sanctions.
17 April 2026
Open record and contextMoJ and HMPPS · CorrespondenceCustody and continuing-care questions and the referral response.
18 March 2026
Open record and contextMoJ and HMCTS · CorrespondenceLimits of administrative systems and retrieval of prescription evidence.
16 July 2026
Open record and contextCPS · CorrespondenceCharging, guidance and prescription-evidence questions.
17 April 2026
Open record and contextCPS · CorrespondenceCase-management limits; the reply contains an unresolved date conflict identified in the report.
Reply printed 10 July 2026
Open record and contextPolice · CorrespondenceNational guidance, training, ownership and coordination response.
31 March 2026
Open record and contextPolice · GuidancePatient-first approach, verification checks and the separate smoking prohibition.
Open record and contextHealth and clinical · GuidanceChief Medical Officer and NHS England prescribing guidance to clinicians.
31 October 2018
Open record and contextACMD · Research and adviceAssessment covering letter, including the distinction between diversion and false medicinal labels.
27 November 2020
Open record and contextResearch authors · Research and adviceRegistry study: treatment route is derived from active prescriptions.
2026
Open record and contextResearch authors · Research and advicePatient evaluation research, read with its methods and route questions.
2023
Open record and contextLegislation · Law and ParliamentThe statutory product and administration rules, including regulation 16A(3).
Open record and contextParliamentary record · Law and ParliamentExplanatory memorandum to SI 2018/1055 and its account of the smoking prohibition.
2018
Open record and contextLegislation · Law and ParliamentPublic sector equality duty in the version relevant to the 2018 decision.
Open record and contextLondon Drugs Commission · Research and advicePatient recognition, clinical practice and policing evidence, with source context.
March 2025
Open record and contextJBD · CorrespondenceRedacted submission email; historical attachments remain excluded.
16 October 2025
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