Written questions

NHS: Drugs

Commons · Question 105088 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on NHS service provision in the context of the UK-US trade deal.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 22 Jan 2026

By increasing the standard National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold, we are increasing the value that we place on innovations that deliver improvements to patient health. Alongside the changes that we announced...