Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35874

Quetiapine: Shortages

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the shortage of quetiapine modified-release tablets on Bipolar patients.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has made no such assessment. We are aware of supply issues affecting several brands and tablet strengths of quetiapine modified release tablets. Following the Department working with suppliers, there have been improvements in supply through...

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