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Medical Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise buying medical devices from UK companies.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to prioritise buying medical devices from UK companies.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The United Kingdom’s medical technology (MedTech) sector is valuable for patients, the National Health Service, and the economy, creating high valued jobs across the country. This is why the Department published the MedTech Strategy and subsequent One Yea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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