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NHS: Drugs

Commons · Question 101600 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Jan 2026

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NICE positive recommendations in each year since 2023 were issued as optimised decisions; and what proportion of the eligible patient population was able to access those medicines on the N

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Jan 2026

The following table shows the number of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations since 2023 that have been issued as optimised decisions:YearNumberPercentage of all publications excluding terminations2023/243748%2024/253343...