Question follow-through · 35172
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Central Alerting System notification entitled Shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) - Additional actions, published on 18 December 2024, what steps his
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Central Alerting System notification entitled Shortage of Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) - Additional actions, published on 18 December 2024, what steps his
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department has worked in close partnership with the devolved administrations in the management of this supply issue. The Department is continuing to engage with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to mitigate the supply issue...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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