Written Question
Monday 21st October 2019
Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of anti-depressants used in the UK are imported from the EU; and what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the supply of those medicines in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for leaving the European Union. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines and medical products, including those used for the treatment of depression, once we have left the EU.
Companies have shared details of their no-deal EU exit contingency planning, including their supply chain routes, in confidence and it would not be appropriate for us to share this commercially sensitive information.
The Department, as part of our EU exit preparations, is implementing a multi-layered approach to mitigate potential disruption to supply, which consists of stockpiling where possible, securing freight capacity, changing or clarifying regulatory requirements, procuring additional warehousing, working closely with industry to improve trader readiness and putting in place the National Supply Disruption Response to manage potential shortages. Further details can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Oct 2019
Baby Loss Awareness Week
"I wholeheartedly support the thrust of this debate and what the Minister is saying. I am not going to make a speech today—I did that last year—but when a child is lost, which as Members know has affected my family, counselling and gynaecological advice are hugely important. However, my constituents …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Oct 2019
Baby Loss Awareness Week
"The Minister talks about safety advice and safety good practice, so may I ask her and the UK Government to share that advice with NHS Highland and indeed the Scottish Government, who have never in my two years or so here given me a straight answer on the safety of …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Social Care Funding
"This was a flagship policy of the coalition Government in which I served in the Scottish Parliament, and I am proud of that. One problem that we never got around—I think this also applies to rural English constituencies and Welsh constituencies—is the issue of sparsity and distance. How do we …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Social Care Funding
"May I associate myself with what the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) said about young carers who go home and look after parents who may have an alcohol or drug dependency problem? In my constituency an organisation called The Young Karers East Sutherland helps to support …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Lower Limb Wound Care
"I am listening with great interest to what the right hon. Lady is saying, not least because this is an important debate on something that we do not talk about as much as we should in this place. Am I picking up correctly what she is saying on patient experience? …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Lower Limb Wound Care
"Can I make absolutely sure that I understand this? By age difference, the right hon. Lady means people of my age—I am considerably older than some hon. Members—sharing experiences with people who are younger and might need to know these things. Is that correct?..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Lower Limb Wound Care
"Is this about the older generation, who might have had some experience in this regard, sharing experiences so that the younger generation—considerably younger than I am—might know the potential of what they will look at or deal with in future?..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jul 2019
Lower Limb Wound Care
"I could not possibly let the occasion pass without commenting. Can I take it that that promise will be extended to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government? The issue we have heard about today is no less a problem in Scotland...."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Acquired Brain Injury
"On that point about sharing, as I told the Chamber in the debate on 9 May, my wife suffered from a meningioma. As I think the hon. Gentleman mentioned, a certain fretfulness can come into the character. On sharing, perhaps it is because I live in such a remote area, …..."Jamie Stone - View Speech
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