Question follow-through · 27169

Hormone Treatments: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to prevent health companies based overseas from selling hormone treatments online to people living in the UK.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to prevent health companies based overseas from selling hormone treatments online to people living in the UK.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    In response to recommendations by the Commission on Human Medicines, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an indefinite ban on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues for new patients with gender dysphoria...

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