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Commons · Question 52517 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 May 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken by integrated care boards to add new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended medicines to their formula

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 19 May 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of their costs and benefits. The NHS in Engla...