Question follow-through · 41684
Innovative Medicines Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the entry criteria for the Innovative Medicines Fund and (b) whether these present barriers to patients accessing medicines in areas
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the entry criteria for the Innovative Medicines Fund and (b) whether these present barriers to patients accessing medicines in areas
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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31 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) was launched in June 2022, building on the successful Cancer Drugs Fund and supporting patient access to the most promising new medicines while further evidence is collected on their use to address clinical uncertainty....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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