Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans his Department has in place to ensure that the NHS has access to sodium hypochlorite in the event that the shortage being experienced continues.
The Department and the National Health Service have not received any such reports of insufficient access to sodium hypochlorite. However, the Department monitors and mitigates any disruptions to the continuity of supply of medical products.
In the event of potential disruption, the Department’s National Supply Disruption Response has been available since March 2020, supporting providers and suppliers with supply disruptions and offering express freight support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.