PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cancer: Tomography (1 February 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of the tracer dye used in PSMA PET scans; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of the level of availability of the tracer dye on cancer patients in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) the North West and (c) England.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
Medicine supply problems can occur for a number of reasons and occasionally the National Health Service experiences temporary and localised shortages of specific medicines.
We are not aware of any supply issues with tracer dyes used in PSMA PET scans.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
7 February 2023
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