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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Commons · Question 35541 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients have access to (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone HRT implants in the context of supply difficulties from the US.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 7 Mar 2025

Oestrogen and testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) implants are not licenced in the United Kingdom. The Department is working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ensure safe access to these products. We...