Question follow-through · 12300
Bacteria: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the development of Bacteriophage Therapy; and whether such treatments will be available for use in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the development of Bacteriophage Therapy; and whether such treatments will be available for use in the NHS.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the potential of bacteriophage therapy as an emerging treatment for certain bacterial infections, particularly where antimicrobial resistance limits available treatment options. However, while early research and clinical use in i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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