Question follow-through · 91173
Drugs: Economic Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on the economy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on the economy.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2025
Answer published
No such assessments have been published. We will always prioritise the needs of National Health Service patients, and we are protecting the NHS with record investment and reform to deliver better health care.Investing in the newest medicines so that patie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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