Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80694

Drugs: Shortages

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the fortnightly notification provided to medicine suppliers regarding medicine shortages.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

NHS England’s medicines frameworks contain a contractual ask that requires all suppliers to update NHS England on their ability to supply their products to National Health Service hospitals. This information is requested fortnightly and the responses are ...

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