NHS: Drugs
Commons · Question 80698 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce the level of medicine access inequalities in England; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on this matter.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 24 Oct 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidance on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England based on an evaluation ...