Written questions

Integrated Care Systems: Drugs

Commons · Question 101601 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to NICE-approved medicines across Integrated Care Systems.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 12 Jan 2026

No assessment has been made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on adoption of innovative medicines in local formularies states that once a NICE technol...