Question follow-through · 118068
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an impact assessment for the US-UK Pharmaceuticals deal.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish an impact assessment for the US-UK Pharmaceuticals deal.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
Costs of the United States and United Kingdom pharmaceuticals trade deal will start smaller but will increase over time as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) approves more medicines. Total costs over the spending review period ar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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