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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Commons · Question 51693 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

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Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate availability of Premarin in the NHS; and what steps he is taking to support patients who are unable to access it.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 May 2025

Premarin tablets remain available. However, the supplier of Premarin has debranded this product, which means the product's brand name, Premarin, has been removed and it is now available and known under its generic name, which is conjugated oestrogens tabl...