Question follow-through · 56055

Medical Treatments and Tofersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
6 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received the application for tofersen and is currently reviewing it rapidly for quality, safety, and efficacy, for use in the United Kingdom.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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