Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a compensation scheme for people who have been harmed by sodium valproate.
Answered by Maria Caulfield
The Government published its response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety review on 21 July 2021. The Government did not accept the recommendation to establish separate redress schemes for the three interventions in the report, including sodium valproate.
Our primary focus is on improving future medicines and medical devices safety and it is therefore crucial that we focus funding on initiatives which directly improve future safety This includes specialist mesh centres and support for families affected by medicines in pregnancy. For this reason, we have no plans to establish redress schemes in response to this recommendation.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, how many (a) EU representatives and (b) UK Government representatives will sit on the Working Group on Medicinal Products.
Answered by Jo Churchill
As the agreement has only just been signed, no decisions have yet been made about the number of members nor the make-up of the working group. We will shortly reach out to the Commission to discuss and agree the overall aims of the group, its attendees and meeting frequency.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, when the Working Group on Medicinal Products is due to first meet.
Answered by Jo Churchill
As the agreement has only just been signed, no decisions have yet been made about the number of members nor the make-up of the working group. We will shortly contact the Commission to discuss and agree the overall aims of the group, its attendees and meeting frequency.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, what the selection process will be for the appointment of UK Government representatives to the Working Group on Medicinal Products.
Answered by Jo Churchill
As the agreement has only just been signed, no decisions have yet been made about the number of members nor the make-up of the working group. We will shortly contact the Commission to discuss and agree the overall aims of the group, its attendees and meeting frequency.