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NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to balance value for money for the NHS with maintaining the UK’s competitiveness in the global pharmaceutical market.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to balance value for money for the NHS with maintaining the UK’s competitiveness in the global pharmaceutical market.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government will always prioritise the needs of National Health Service patients and understands that delivering access to medicines is an important part of delivering frontline services. The pharmaceutical sector, and the innovative medicines it produ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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