Question follow-through · 117146
Huntington's Disease: Hyoscine Hydrobromide
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England with Huntington's disease are able to access hyoscine hydrobromide.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England with Huntington's disease are able to access hyoscine hydrobromide.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
We are aware that hyoscine hydrobromide 1.5 milligram patches are currently out of stock and we are in dialogue with the manufacturer. We do not hold information on stock availability locally, however, this product is currently unavailable across the Unit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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