Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101601

Drugs and Medical Treatments: Access

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

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

Dr Zubir Ahmed
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...

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