Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5817

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

Tabled: 12 September 2024

Answered: 8 October 2024

Question

Rebecca Paul

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Shortage Protocols in place for?Creon?10,000 and 25,000 capsules limiting prescriptions to one months’ supply; and what steps he is t

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has been working with suppliers to address current supply issues with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), including Creon, to help ensure patients, including children with cystic fibrosis, have access to this medicine. The supply ...

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