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...