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Pharmacists given greater freedoms to choose alternative HRT products

Pharmacists will have greater freedoms to choose alternative HRT products if the original prescription is out of stock. The Government’s HRT Supply Taskforce, which was set up to tackle widespread shortages, has agreed to further Serious Shortage ...

21 May 2022 at 01:01

Derry News

Foyle MLA McLaughlin calls for urgent action to address HRT shortage

SDLP Foyle MLA, Sinéad McLaughlin, has called for urgent action from the Department of Health to address a shortage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products. She urged Health Minister Robin Swann to follow the example of England, where ...

23 May 2022 at 16:33

More HRT swaps allowed as minister says supply issues will ease in June

Supplies of HRT products will be “in a better position” by next month, a minister has said as new measures to tackle widespread shortages were announced. Women’s health minister Maria Caulfield said the Government was working closely with ...

21 May 2022 at 12:11

Local News

Concern raised over availability of HRT medication

A local MLA has said nobody should be forced to struggle to access vital medication they need for a health condition. SDLP's Cara Hunter made the comments last night after a County Derry woman revealed she had frantically tried more than ...

16 Mar 2022 at 09:33

Pharmacists call for urgent law change to deal with acute HRT shortage

The Health Secretary has been urged to change the law to allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions during medical shortages like the one currently faced by women who rely on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products. Supply shortages of ...

26 Apr 2022 at 07:55

Health & Wellbeing

HRT shortage: What are the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy?

Stocks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication are running low, and Health Secretary Sajid Javid plans to appoint a tsar to tackle the problem. The British Menopause Society (BMS, thebms.org.uk) says more than 75% of women, ...

25 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Effects of HRT on people going through menopause assessed for guidance update

The effects of hormone replacement therapy on the health of people going through the menopause are to be assessed to inform a forthcoming guidance update. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) published a ...

27 May 2022 at 01:01

Javid meets HRT suppliers and vows to work with them to ‘boost supply’

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has met with pharmaceutical companies as part of efforts to boost the supply of treatments for the symptoms of menopause. Mr Javid said the meeting is one of the steps the Government is taking to ...

05 May 2022 at 20:25

Women warned not to swap HRT drugs amid supply issues

Women are being urged not to swap menopause medicines amid a shortage of a certain type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The British Menopause Society said it is important for women to understand that there are ...

27 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Health Secretary should tackle hormone replacement therapy shortage, says MP

The Health Secretary should tackle the acute shortage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) himself rather than appoint a tsar, a Labour MP has said. Carolyn Harris, co-chairwoman of the UK menopause taskforce, told ...

25 Apr 2022 at 08:55

Health Secretary to appoint hormone replacement therapy tsar

The Health Secretary has announced he intends to appoint a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tsar amid a shortage of medication which has left women desperate. The news comes as many women are reportedly sharing ...

24 Apr 2022 at 15:25

HRT taskforce concluded as supply improves

The hormone replacement therapy (HRT) taskforce has been wound up following an “improvement” in supply of the drugs used to alleviate menopause symptoms, the Department of Health and Social Care has said. The ...

30 Aug 2022 at 19:15

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