Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52943

Diabetes: Semaglutide

Tabled: 16 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Dan Aldridge

LabourWeston-super-Mare

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with diabetes are not impacted by the shortage of Ozempic.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has worked intensively with pharmaceutical industry, NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and others in the supply chain to largely resolve the supply issues with GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), i...

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