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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-02more like thismore than 2019-07-02
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Vitamins more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the safety, and (2) the effectiveness, of using IV vitamin drips and other related therapies offered by retail clinics. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Birt more like this
uin HL16865 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-10more like thismore than 2019-07-10
answer text <p>If retail clinics are intending to administer vitamin drips and other related therapies intravenously for a medicinal purpose then the products and associated advertising must be in compliance with all relevant aspects of medicines legislation which includes an assessment of the safety quality and efficacy for licensed medicines.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the United Kingdom body responsible for ensuring that medicines work and are acceptably safe.</p><p>Intravenous drips which are not intended for a medical purpose are not medicines and these products fall outside the MHRA’s jurisdiction.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-10T15:27:10.663Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-10T15:27:10.663Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
2533
label Biography information for Lord Birt more like this