NHS: Drugs

(asked on 10th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has he made of whether single wholesaler distribution of medicines and medical supplies offers value for money for patients.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 18th October 2017

The Department has not made such an assessment. However, the Office of Fair Trading reported in 2007 that these sorts of distribution models may have efficiency benefits and took a view that manufacturers should be free to choose the distribution method they consider to be most efficient.

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