PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Drugs: Imports (2 September 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent preparations his Department has made to ensure the supply of medicines will be maintained from the EU to the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

As part of a responsible Government, the Department is doing everything appropriate to prepare for European Union exit. We want to reassure patients that our plans should ensure the supply of medicines and medical products remains uninterrupted when we leave the EU.

The Department, in consultation with the devolved administrations, has been working with trade bodies, product suppliers, and the health and care system in England to make detailed plans that should ensure continuation of the supply of medicines to the whole of the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies.

On 26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the UK from or via the EU or European Economic Area setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to support continuity of supply of medicines and medical products from 31 October.

Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans

Answered by:
Chris Skidmore (Conservative)
9 September 2019