Question follow-through · 6624
NHS: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the continuity of (a) patient care and (b) NHS resilience in respect to specialist food products used by the NHS in the contex
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the continuity of (a) patient care and (b) NHS resilience in respect to specialist food products used by the NHS in the contex
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
Defra officials are working with colleagues across the Government to ensure continuity of supply into Northern Ireland of specialist food products used by the NHS and to facilitate patient care, recognising the importance of these products to enable patie...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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