Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps he is taking to improve access to in-home health and social care services.

Tabled: 19 April 2023Answered: 25 April 2023

Asked by

Dame Angela Eagle

LabourWallasey

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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.