Written questions

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Reform

Commons · Question 82855 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the pharmaceutical industry on reforming the NHS branded medicines pricing and access scheme.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Nov 2025

The Government will always prioritise the needs of National Health Service patients and understands that delivering access to medicines is an important part of delivering frontline services. The pharmaceutical sector, and the innovative medicines it produ...