| Heading: |
Drugs |
| Question ID: |
1807560 |
| UIN: |
55992 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5282 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dan Tomlinson
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| Asking Member handle: |
dan4barnet
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@dan4barnet
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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 help tackle regional disparities in the (a) distribution and (b) availability of essential medications. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
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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: |
Medicine supply chains are complex, global, and highly regulated, and there are a number of reasons why supply can be disrupted, many of which are not specific to the United Kingdom and outside of Government control, including manufacturing difficulties, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |