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Radioisotopes

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 November 2024UIN 15266

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of medical radioisotopes.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Supply of radioisotopes that were in short supply in recent weeks has now returned to normal levels and a Written Ministerial Statement was laid on 26 November 2024 to update Parliament. During the disruption to supply, the Department worked with industry, devolved Governments, the National Health Service, members of the radiopharmaceutical community and regulators to secure fair and equal access across the United Kingdom and ensure that patients with critical needs were given priority.

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