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NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle shortages of medications due to supply issues in the North East of England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle shortages of medications due to supply issues in the North East of England.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2025

    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 on stock levels within the North East of England is not held centrally.Most supply issues can be managed...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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