Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require medicine and medical device makers to declare all payments made to doctors, teaching hospitals, research institutions and charities.
The Government published the response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review on 26 July 2021, where we accepted in principle, the need for stronger reporting of payments made by industry to healthcare professionals and organisations. The Department continues to explore options to expand and reinforce current industry schemes, including making reporting mandatory through legislation.