Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33166

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 6 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with pharmaceutical companies on taking steps to ensure an adequate supply of hormone replacement therapies for women experiencing the menopause.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department manages medicine supply issues at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within Cambridgeshire is not held centrally.Previously, there have been issues with the supply...

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