Written questions

NHS: Drugs

Commons · Question 121596 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the review of early access to medicines.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 23 Mar 2026

The Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS), is an existing pathway across the regulatory and access system designed to support innovative treatments being available to patients who need them earlier in the development cycle, outside of a clinical trial. ...