Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of shortages of HRT products on the wellbeing of affected women.
This question was answered on 5th September 2022
No formal assessment has been made. There are more than 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products available in the United Kingdom and while most remain in good supply, a range of factors such an increase in demand has led to supply issues with a limited number of products. However, alternatives to those products experiencing supply issues continue to be available.