Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59051

Drugs: Expenditure

Tabled: 11 June 2025

Answered: 20 June 2025

Question

Kit Malthouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to align medicines spending growth with NHS budget growth in real terms.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The allowed rate of growth for branded medicines is established by the 2024 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG).The VPAG plays an important role in delivering improved health gains from medicines in the National Health...

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