Drugs

(asked on 15th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made about whether any drugs or medicines will be in short supply after the UK leaves the EU.


Answered by
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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 30th June 2020

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January and is now in a Transition Period until 31 December 2020. During this time, it remains our objective to negotiate a future relationship with the EU and in our respective published negotiating documents, we have both stated objectives to reach an agreement on trade in goods. The UK’s published approach sets out how we want to facilitate trade in medicinal products and support high levels of patient safety.

The Government, pharmaceutical industry and National Health Service will always work closely together to help ensure patients continue to have access, to the medicines and treatments they need, including insulin, under all scenarios.

The Department has well-established procedures to deal with medicine shortages and is working closely with industry, the NHS and others in the supply chain to reduce the likelihood of future shortages resulting from any cause.

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