Sajid Javid in crisis talks over HRT shortages

Health secretary calls meeting with industry representatives and government’s new HRT supply tsar

The UK’s acute shortage of hormone replacement therapy products for menopausal women has prompted the health secretary to call a meeting with industry representatives and and the government’s new HRT supply tsar to discuss the crisis.

Manufacturers of HRT products and pharmacy representatives met Sajid Javid and the recently appointed HRT supply tsar, Madeleine McTernan, on Thursday to discuss the supply shortages. The meeting was expected to last about an hour.

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