Question follow-through · 27869
Epilepsy: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of anti-epileptic medication.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of anti-epileptic medication.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Department is working hard with industry to help resolve the intermittent supply issues with some epilepsy medications. As a result of ongoing activity and intensive work, including directing suppliers to expedite deliveries, most issues, including wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fractures: Health Services
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on the roll-out of Fracture Liaison Services.
Coronavirus: Vaccination
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing the covid-19 vaccination to pensioners under 75; and how he made that estimate.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Medical Treatments
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Parkinson's Disease
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department holds data on the number of neurologists with specialist training in Parkinson's disease.