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Liver Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects treatments for fatty liver disease to be approved for use on the NHS; what assessment he has made of the readiness of the NHS to make such treatments available; and what steps he is

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jan 2026
Target answer date
20 Jan 2026
Answer
6 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects treatments for fatty liver disease to be approved for use on the NHS; what assessment he has made of the readiness of the NHS to make such treatments available; and what steps he is

  2. 20 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Newly licensed medicines are appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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