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Question follow-through · 128039

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 124547 on Medical Treatments: Costs, what plans he has to update the 2009 guidance.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
17 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
24 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 124547 on Medical Treatments: Costs, what plans he has to update the 2009 guidance.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has no plans to update the guidance at this current time.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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