“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Asked by
Stephen Morgan
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.