Question follow-through · 25137
Drugs and Medical Treatments: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the MHRA-NICE aligned pathway that came into force on 1 April 2026 on the pricing of self-funded treatment and medications.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the MHRA-NICE aligned pathway that came into force on 1 April 2026 on the pricing of self-funded treatment and medications.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government has not made any assessment of the impact of the aligned pathway on the pricing of self-funded treatments and medicines. The pathway aims to speed up access for National Health Service patients to clinically and cost-effective medicines by ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Carers: Registration
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Mental Health Services
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Cancer: Clinical Trials
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to expand access to clinical trials for (a) pancreatic cancer patients and (b) patients with cancerous brain tumours.
ADHD: Diagnosis
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the ADHD assessment process.