Question follow-through · 11223
Medical Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific steps he is taking to ensure that the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation Directorate is adopted and imp
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific steps he is taking to ensure that the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation Directorate is adopted and imp
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department published the Value Based Procurement (VBP) Standard Guidance on 11 June 2026, in line with commitments in the 10-Year Health Plan for England and Life Sciences Sector Plan. The Department will be undertaking an engagement programme with Na...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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