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ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
29 Nov 2024
Answer
4 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication.

  2. 29 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to help resolve supply issues with some attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medicines, which are affecting the United Kingdom and other countries around the world. As a result ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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