Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35541 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on encouraging manufacturers to apply for a UK license for HRT implants.

Oestrogen and testosterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) implants are not licenced in the United Kingdom. The Department is working closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to ensure safe access to these products. We have also reached out to specialist importers who can source unlicensed medicines in order to find alternative sources of both HRT implants for UK patients. We will continue to work closely with the MHRA, and the National Health Service to ensure suitable alternatives are available for patients.

The MHRA has held regular discussions with the importer of the unlicenced medicine and the Department is actively looking at this to ensure ongoing supply from this and other sources. Stakeholder groups, including the Patient Safety Commissioner and the British Menopause Society, have also been kept actively informed.