Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy NHS services available in Bristol North West.

No assessment has been made. Menopause care for patients who may be taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) products is a matter for local decision. This includes menopause services.

With regard to the adequacy of supply, information is not held at a local level but there are over 70 HRT products available in the United Kingdom. There have been supply issues with a small number of these, but those issues have been resolved or are being managed following action taken by suppliers and the Government's use of Serious Shortage Protocols to limit dispensing to three months’ supply to even out distribution and allow alternative products to be dispensed, as necessary.