Written questions

Pharmacy: Finance

Commons · Question 80699 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 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 NHS tariff thresholds on pharmacies' ability to source medicines.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 21 Oct 2025

Evaluations by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) ensure that spend on new medicines represents a clinically and cost-effective use of National Health Service resources.NICE thresholds should not have any impact on pharmacies’ ab...