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date	18/08/2021
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	Macular Degeneration: Drugs
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 adequacy of the stock of Verteporfin held by NHS trusts.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	41132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department is aware of an ongoing supply issue affecting Visudyne<sup>®</sup> (verteporfin) injection due to manufacturing issues. We are working closely with the supplier and the National Health Service (NHS) to ensure that patients with the greatest clinical need can access the medicine. Comprehensive clinical guidance has been issued to the NHS which provides information on management of potentially affected patients during this time.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 06/09/2021 11:43:43 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1191237

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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	Hospices: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that children’s hospices are able to procure personal protective equipment through push deliveries from the NHS Supply Chain.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
uin	41132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2020 answer text <p>We published a personal protective equipment (PPE) plan on 10 April, setting out clear guidance on who needs PPE and in what circumstances they need to use it, how sufficient supplies will be secured and distributed to the front line.</p><p>The Government recognises the vital services that hospices provide across the United Kingdom. Distribution routes for PPE are constantly reviewed to strengthen and expand capacity, and efforts are currently being undertaken to boost the service to hospices.</p><p>We have provided local resilience forums with supplies of PPE to help them respond to urgent local spikes in need across front-line services, including hospices.</p><p>The National Supply Disruption Response exists as an emergency escalation route who handle queries including the supply of PPE as a last resort.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 41031 question first answered 29/05/2020 17:21:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

528612

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring forward proposals for a change to legislation to further regulate the pricing of everyday drugs to the NHS by pharmaceutical companies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	41132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department is already referring cases to the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) and to strengthen our work in this area. We are considering putting measures in place to routinely and systematically monitor significant price increases of generic medicines and take action where appropriate, including the possible referral of suspected excessive pricing to the CMA, while taking into account the potential impact of any such action on the availability of medicines.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/07/2016 15:38:09 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz