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1149361

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the matters raised in the joint letter of 1 August 2019 from the British Nuclear Medicine Society and the Royal College of Radiologists to the Prime Minister entitled continued supply of medical radioisotopes in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>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 medical radioisotopes, once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department’s plans include 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:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a>.</p><p>The supply of medical radioisotopes is being handled by dedicated officials, in collaboration with Devolved Administrations, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as these products have particularly short shelf lives and therefore cannot be stockpiled, as well as having complex transport requirements given the radioactivity involved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, together with other Government Departments and representatives from industry (suppliers and couriers), has also successfully completed an operational testing exercise to help to ensure the uninterrupted flow of medical radioisotopes if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This has allowed us to test the resilience of the supply chain arrangements for medical radioisotopes.</p><p> </p><p>Prices of medicines often vary due to a wide variety of factors under normal conditions and there is no evidence that the cost of medicines to the NHS are outside of expected ranges. We will continue to monitor this<em>. </em>The UK Government is working closely with the Devolved Administrations, the NHS and suppliers of medical radioisotopes to monitor the costs of radiopharmaceuticals to the NHS in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 400 403 405 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:06:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136243

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of suppliers of medical radioisotopes on the feasibility of using air freight to import their products in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	272239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government maintains that leaving the European Union with a deal is the best exit outcome and has strongly expressed its opposition to leaving without a deal, in line with the position consistently expressed by Parliament. However, leaving without a deal on 31 October 2019 remains the legal default at the end of the Article 50 extension period if no withdrawal agreement is agreed. Therefore, as a responsible Government, we will continue to prepare to minimise any disruption to the supply of medicines and medical products in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with the devolved administrations, industry trade bodies and suppliers, the National Health Service and our other main stakeholders to ensure that we are prepared for leaving the EU without a deal in October.</p><p>On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the United Kingdom from or via the EU or wider European Economic Area (EEA) setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to ensure the continuity of supply of all medicines and medical products in a potential ‘no deal’ exit scenario on 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p><p>We recognise that some medical radioisotopes have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled. Therefore, as part of the Department’s contingency planning ahead of a possible March/April 2019 ‘no deal’ scenario, where medical radioisotope products were imported to the UK from the EU or EEA via road haulage and roll-on, roll-off sea, road and rail routes, we asked suppliers to ensure that they had plans in place to air freight those products to avoid any border delays that may have arisen in a no-deal scenario. We worked extensively with these suppliers to ensure plans were in place and are continuing to do so, to ensure that robust contingency arrangements continue to be in place ahead of a possible ‘no deal’ EU exit on 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had discussions with the Civil Aviation Agency in relation to this issue as they are the Government’s expert arm’s length body for the safety, security and economic regulation of civil aviation in the UK. We are, however, working very closely with the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 272240 272241 question first answered 10/07/2019 16:43:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1136245

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the potential risk to the import of medical radioisotopes in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	272241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government maintains that leaving the European Union with a deal is the best exit outcome and has strongly expressed its opposition to leaving without a deal, in line with the position consistently expressed by Parliament. However, leaving without a deal on 31 October 2019 remains the legal default at the end of the Article 50 extension period if no withdrawal agreement is agreed. Therefore, as a responsible Government, we will continue to prepare to minimise any disruption to the supply of medicines and medical products in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with the devolved administrations, industry trade bodies and suppliers, the National Health Service and our other main stakeholders to ensure that we are prepared for leaving the EU without a deal in October.</p><p>On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the United Kingdom from or via the EU or wider European Economic Area (EEA) setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to ensure the continuity of supply of all medicines and medical products in a potential ‘no deal’ exit scenario on 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p><p>We recognise that some medical radioisotopes have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled. Therefore, as part of the Department’s contingency planning ahead of a possible March/April 2019 ‘no deal’ scenario, where medical radioisotope products were imported to the UK from the EU or EEA via road haulage and roll-on, roll-off sea, road and rail routes, we asked suppliers to ensure that they had plans in place to air freight those products to avoid any border delays that may have arisen in a no-deal scenario. We worked extensively with these suppliers to ensure plans were in place and are continuing to do so, to ensure that robust contingency arrangements continue to be in place ahead of a possible ‘no deal’ EU exit on 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had discussions with the Civil Aviation Agency in relation to this issue as they are the Government’s expert arm’s length body for the safety, security and economic regulation of civil aviation in the UK. We are, however, working very closely with the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 272239 272240 question first answered 10/07/2019 16:43:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1642629

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of (a) nuclear medications and (b) medical radioisotopes from EU member states.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	188357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>We are not aware of any supply issues with nuclear medications or medical radioisotopes in the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Department’s medicine supply team works closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, NHS England and others to help prevent shortages and to ensure that the risks to patients are minimised when supply issues do arise.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/06/2023 16:19:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1136244

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received from the suppliers of medical radioisotopes on the potential risk to the import of those instruments in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	272240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government maintains that leaving the European Union with a deal is the best exit outcome and has strongly expressed its opposition to leaving without a deal, in line with the position consistently expressed by Parliament. However, leaving without a deal on 31 October 2019 remains the legal default at the end of the Article 50 extension period if no withdrawal agreement is agreed. Therefore, as a responsible Government, we will continue to prepare to minimise any disruption to the supply of medicines and medical products in a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with the devolved administrations, industry trade bodies and suppliers, the National Health Service and our other main stakeholders to ensure that we are prepared for leaving the EU without a deal in October.</p><p>On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the United Kingdom from or via the EU or wider European Economic Area (EEA) setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to ensure the continuity of supply of all medicines and medical products in a potential ‘no deal’ exit scenario on 31 October. Further details can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p><p>We recognise that some medical radioisotopes have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled. Therefore, as part of the Department’s contingency planning ahead of a possible March/April 2019 ‘no deal’ scenario, where medical radioisotope products were imported to the UK from the EU or EEA via road haulage and roll-on, roll-off sea, road and rail routes, we asked suppliers to ensure that they had plans in place to air freight those products to avoid any border delays that may have arisen in a no-deal scenario. We worked extensively with these suppliers to ensure plans were in place and are continuing to do so, to ensure that robust contingency arrangements continue to be in place ahead of a possible ‘no deal’ EU exit on 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had discussions with the Civil Aviation Agency in relation to this issue as they are the Government’s expert arm’s length body for the safety, security and economic regulation of civil aviation in the UK. We are, however, working very closely with the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 272239 272241 question first answered 10/07/2019 16:43:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1176479

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the continued supply of isotope species for medical (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment after the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	13021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has now left the European Union and entered the transition period, which will run until 31 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>EU regulations on medicines and medical devices, including medical radioisotopes, will continue to apply to the UK throughout the transition period, during which we will negotiate a new trade agreement with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>All necessary measures are in place to ensure that civil nuclear sector can continue to operate in the UK after the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>Both the EU and the UK are committed to agreeing a future partnership by the end of 2020 and are working to achieve this. It is in the interests of both the UK and the EU to agree a future partnership that keeps goods flowing, services being provided, and business being done.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/02/2020 16:57:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1149209

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the August 2019 British Nuclear Medicine Society's open letter to the Prime Minister on radioisotope delivery, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the costs of radioisotope delivery of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>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 medical radioisotopes, once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department’s plans include 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:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a>.</p><p>The supply of medical radioisotopes is being handled by dedicated officials, in collaboration with Devolved Administrations, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as these products have particularly short shelf lives and therefore cannot be stockpiled, as well as having complex transport requirements given the radioactivity involved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, together with other Government Departments and representatives from industry (suppliers and couriers), has also successfully completed an operational testing exercise to help to ensure the uninterrupted flow of medical radioisotopes if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This has allowed us to test the resilience of the supply chain arrangements for medical radioisotopes.</p><p> </p><p>Prices of medicines often vary due to a wide variety of factors under normal conditions and there is no evidence that the cost of medicines to the NHS are outside of expected ranges. We will continue to monitor this<em>. </em>The UK Government is working closely with the Devolved Administrations, the NHS and suppliers of medical radioisotopes to monitor the costs of radiopharmaceuticals to the NHS in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 402 403 405 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:06:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1149367

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the joint letter of 1 August 2019 from the British Nuclear Medicine Society and the Royal College of Radiologists to the Prime Minister entitled continued supply of medical radioisotopes in the event of a no-deal Brexit, if his Department will respond to the concerns raised in that letter about the timely delivery of medical radioisotopes to the North of England, the South West of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>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 medical radioisotopes, once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department’s plans include 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:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a>.</p><p>The supply of medical radioisotopes is being handled by dedicated officials, in collaboration with Devolved Administrations, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as these products have particularly short shelf lives and therefore cannot be stockpiled, as well as having complex transport requirements given the radioactivity involved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, together with other Government Departments and representatives from industry (suppliers and couriers), has also successfully completed an operational testing exercise to help to ensure the uninterrupted flow of medical radioisotopes if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This has allowed us to test the resilience of the supply chain arrangements for medical radioisotopes.</p><p> </p><p>Prices of medicines often vary due to a wide variety of factors under normal conditions and there is no evidence that the cost of medicines to the NHS are outside of expected ranges. We will continue to monitor this<em>. </em>The UK Government is working closely with the Devolved Administrations, the NHS and suppliers of medical radioisotopes to monitor the costs of radiopharmaceuticals to the NHS in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 400 402 403 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:06:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1149365

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the joint letter of 1 August 2019 from the British Nuclear Medicine Society and the Royal College of Radiologists to the Prime Minister entitled continued supply of medical radioisotopes in the event of a no-deal Brexit, if the NHS will allocate additional funding to NHS trusts to cover increased costs incurred for the supply of medical isotopes in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>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 medical radioisotopes, once we have left the EU.</p><p>The Department’s plans include 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:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a>.</p><p>The supply of medical radioisotopes is being handled by dedicated officials, in collaboration with Devolved Administrations, the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as these products have particularly short shelf lives and therefore cannot be stockpiled, as well as having complex transport requirements given the radioactivity involved.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, together with other Government Departments and representatives from industry (suppliers and couriers), has also successfully completed an operational testing exercise to help to ensure the uninterrupted flow of medical radioisotopes if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This has allowed us to test the resilience of the supply chain arrangements for medical radioisotopes.</p><p> </p><p>Prices of medicines often vary due to a wide variety of factors under normal conditions and there is no evidence that the cost of medicines to the NHS are outside of expected ranges. We will continue to monitor this<em>. </em>The UK Government is working closely with the Devolved Administrations, the NHS and suppliers of medical radioisotopes to monitor the costs of radiopharmaceuticals to the NHS in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 400 402 405 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:06:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake