Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35541

Hormone Replacement Therapy

Tabled: 4 March 2025

Answered: 7 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients have access to (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone HRT implants in the context of supply difficulties from the US.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Oestrogen and testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) implants are not licenced in the United Kingdom. The Department is working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ensure safe access to these products. We...

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