Question follow-through · 77192

Medical Treatments: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to introducing an innovation incentive payment to facilitate the adoption of innovative treatments by NHS trusts.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration he has given to introducing an innovation incentive payment to facilitate the adoption of innovative treatments by NHS trusts.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    No consideration has been given to introducing an innovation incentive payment to National Health Service trusts to facilitate the adoption of innovative treatments. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body resp...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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