Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of caseloads of consultant endocrinologists as a result of changes to the prescription of liothyronine.

The Department has made no assessment. It is for local clinical commissioning groups in conjunction with local providers to make decisions on implementing NHS England’s guidance on liothyronine and, as part of their decision making, to determine the resources available to implement any change.