Question follow-through · 55808
Chronic Illnesses: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle medicine shortages in (a) North East Hampshire constituency and (b) other rural areas for (i) Parkinson's, (ii) epilepsy and (iii) other chronic c
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle medicine shortages in (a) North East Hampshire constituency and (b) other rural areas for (i) Parkinson's, (ii) epilepsy and (iii) other chronic c
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department is working with industry to help resolve intermittent supply issues with some epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease medications. As a result of ongoing activity and intensive work, including directing suppliers to expedite deliveries, most issue...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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