NHS: Drugs
Commons · Question 94404 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of smartphone-enabled barcode scanning in the verification of medicines.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 9 Dec 2025
No assessment of the impact of the disapplication of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (EU FMD) on the United Kingdom’s medicine supply chain has been made by the Department. However, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is no...