Question follow-through · 77610
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the medicines budget supports (a) access to innovative treatments and (b) attracts global pharmaceutical investment.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 41 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
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the medicines budget supports (a) access to innovative treatments and (b) attracts global pharmaceutical investment.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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