Question follow-through · 59142
Prescription Drugs: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the resilience of international supply chains for pharmaceuticals procured by the NHS; and what steps he is taking to reduce reliance on imports fo
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Social Services: Households · 13 Jun 2025
- Social Services: Older People · 13 Jun 2025
- Diabetes: Drugs · 17 Jul 2025
- Hospitals: Standards · 13 Oct 2025
- Eating Disorders · 2 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- 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
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the resilience of international supply chains for pharmaceuticals procured by the NHS; and what steps he is taking to reduce reliance on imports fo
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
Medical supply chains are complex, global, and highly regulated, making them vulnerable to a variety of shocks. The Government actively monitors emerging global and domestic threats to supply resilience and has established processes in place to manage dis...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Social Services: Households
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing care support packages for households, rather than people requiring care.
Social Services: Older People
13 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the article by the University of Manchester entitled Tackling unmet needs for social care among older people, publish
Diabetes: Drugs
17 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of Liraglutide for patients with type 2 diabetes; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with a
Hospitals: Standards
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent patients being treated in (a) corridors, (b) converted office spaces, (c) gyms and (d) other inappropriate spaces.
Eating Disorders
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce clinical guidance on pica.
Diets
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients who need to follow medically prescribed diets and are experiencing food insecurity receive appropriate support; and whether he will commi
Food Poverty: Women
18 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional financial support to low-income women experiencing food insecurity during pregnancy and the postnatal period, beyond existing maternity and low-income support
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of specialist services and clinical care pathways for people with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.