Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 20533

Drugs: Shortages

Tabled: 16 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Mike Martin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Medicines Shortages Task Force.

Answer

Karin Smyth

While there are no plans to establish a Medicines Shortages Task Force, there is a team within the Department that deals specifically with medicine supply problems. They work closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharma...

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