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Written Question
Blood Diseases: Health Services
Wednesday 20th November 2024

Asked by: Earl Howe (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to implement recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report while maintaining consistency with existing NHS England commissioning guidelines, continuing to improve standards of care and quality of life, and promoting confidence in the safety and efficacy of all licensed medicines for people with rare bleeding disorders.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the inquiry’s recommendations by the end of the year, as the inquiry recommends.


Written Question
Blood Diseases: Medical Treatments
Wednesday 20th November 2024

Asked by: Earl Howe (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they interpret the phrase "where clinically appropriate" in recommendation 9(e) of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, and how this will preserve patient choice and clinical judgement based on the latest clinical evidence.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the inquiry’s recommendations by the end of the year, as the inquiry recommends.


Written Question
Drugs: Regulation
Wednesday 20th November 2024

Asked by: Earl Howe (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the recommendations in the Infected Blood Inquiry report for the MHRA as regulator of medicines in the UK.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I recognise that the findings of the inquiry’s final report are deeply shocking, and the Government is committed to acting on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

The Government is considering Sir Brian Langstaff’s recommendations, and will provide an update to Parliament on the progress we are making to respond to the inquiry’s recommendations by the end of the year, as the inquiry recommends.