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NHS: Drugs

Commons · Question 80696 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 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 medicine shortages do not impact clinicians' ability to prescribe medicines that are best suited to the patient.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 20 Oct 2025

The resilience of UK supply chains is a key priority, and we are continually learning and seeking to improve the way we work to both manage and help prevent supply issues and avoid shortages. In August, the Government published a policy paper, ‘Managing a...