Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103970

Health Professions: Prescriptions

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 14 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that healthcare professionals are provided with timely guidance on prescribing alternatives when products they routinely prescribe are subject to safet

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Defective Medicines Report Centre (DMRC) is part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The role of the DMRC is to minimise the hazard to patients arising from the distribution of defective medicines by providing an emergen...

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