Question follow-through · 76036
Epilepsy: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the supply of epilepsy medications.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the supply of epilepsy medications.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Department is working hard with industry to help resolve intermittent supply issues with some epilepsy medications. As a result of ongoing activity and intensive work, including asking manufacturers to expedite deliveries, most issues have been resolv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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