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ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to coordinate a local plan with (a) NHS Trusts and (b) healthcare organisations to help tackle shortages of ADHD medication .

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
9 Oct 2024
Answer
11 Oct 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to coordinate a local plan with (a) NHS Trusts and (b) healthcare organisations to help tackle shortages of ADHD medication .

  2. 9 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    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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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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