Medical Equipment: Northern Ireland

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 23 March 2021.

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Photo of Jim Shannon Jim Shannon Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there have been customs declaration problems with the flow of medical devices imported into Northern Ireland via Great Britain since 1 January 2021.

Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

While there have been isolated and limited instances of interruption to a small number of supplies caused by new customs processes, the borders are working well and medicines have not seen widespread disruption. We continue to work closely with the Border and Protocol Delivery Group, Department for Transport and others across Government to monitor the flow across the borders.

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