Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps he is taking to support farmers.”
Tabled: 2 May 2024Answered: 9 May 2024
Asked by
Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative — Gainsborough
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Karin Smyth
I entirely appreciate the frustration and distress caused by medical supply shortages. We are working intensively with industry to resolve the HRT supply issues, and the problems with the supply of Estradot are expected to be resolved by the end of the month. Meanwhile, we have issued a serious shortage protocol to allow community pharmacists to supply alternative brands of the same medicine, and those remain available.