| Heading: |
Neurological Diseases: Drugs |
| Question ID: |
1761320 |
| UIN: |
28275 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5180 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nesil Caliskan
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Nesil Caliskan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of medicine for people with (a) epilepsy and (b) Parkinson’s disease. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Department is working hard with industry to help resolve intermittent supply issues with some epilepsy medications. As a result of ongoing activity and intensive work, including directing suppliers to expedite deliveries, most issues, including with c... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |