Oral QuestionTreasury

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 1 December 2021Answered: 7 December 2021

Asked by

Stephen Morgan

LabourPortsmouth South

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)

Increasing the resilience of the UK medical supply chain is a key priority. I regularly meet the team to routinely take action to mitigate supply issues, including requesting additional stock, identifying alternative global sources and issuing management advice. Although the Department has no plans to conduct a specific review, we constantly work to identify and take forward further actions to reduce the impact of medicine shortages, including targeted winter monitoring.