Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 11398
NHS: Drugs
Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 5 November 2024
Question
Susan Murray
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dunbartonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that suitable stockpiles of essential medications are available to the NHS to limit the effects of production shortages.
Answer
Karin SmythWhilst stock of a small number of medicines is held by the Government, for example as a result of COVID-19 preparedness, stockpiling essential medicines centrally is not a tool that the Department uses to limit the effects of production shortages. While w...
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