Debate contribution: ADHD Medication: Shortages
Debate contribution by Mr Robin Swann on .
- MLA
- Mr Robin Swann
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 21 May 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- ADHD Medication: Shortages
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4491704
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I thank the Member. This issue was raised in the media last week, and it received some coverage at that point. The direct communication comes from the medical professional who has prescribed the medication, rather than my Department. We do not hold that level of detail on who the patients are.
The national patient safety alert was issued by the Department and was reflective of messaging that was agreed across the United Kingdom. Supply disruptions were initially expected to be resolved at various stages last year, but there have been ongoing challenges with certain prescriptions and medications. We are hopeful that those disruptions will work their way through the system between May and September. Unfortunately, there are challenges with supply chains not just in Northern Ireland but across the United Kingdom and globally.
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