Question follow-through · 46588
Abiraterone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland on equitable access to abiraterone acetate for high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer pat
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland on equitable access to abiraterone acetate for high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer pat
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Decisions on the availability of medicines in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administrations.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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