Question follow-through · 123931

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an impact assessment of the proposed changes to NICE’s cost-effectiveness threshold in the context of a pharmaceutical agreement with the US.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish an impact assessment of the proposed changes to NICE’s cost-effectiveness threshold in the context of a pharmaceutical agreement with the US.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon on 4 March to question 114047.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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