Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7149

Methylphenidate: Shortages

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Melanie Ward

LabourCowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the national supply shortage of Methylphenidate.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information is not collected on a local level.The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to ...

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