Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps he is taking to help ensure access to Orkambi on the NHS.”
Tabled: 23 October 2019Answered: 29 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Matthew Patrick)
Public service reform is needed, and that is exactly what we are doing. Just last week we announced a £42 million package to be invested in the digitising of prescriptions. With 45 million prescriptions issued every year, the service is inefficient and expensive, and we are changing that.