Question follow-through · 70716
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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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
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department is continuing to work with all suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) to help resolve the supply issues in the short and longer term. This includes asking that they expedite deliveries, source stock from other markets, an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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