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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Drugs

Commons · Question 120891 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to medication for people with IBD.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 25 Mar 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations on whether all new medicines and significant licence extensions for existing medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Servic...