Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108110

Drugs: Expenditure

Tabled: 23 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Danny Chambers

Liberal DemocratWinchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department calculated the cost of additional spending on medicines over the spending review period.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
In relation to the recently announced plans to increase the standard cost-effectiveness threshold used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), costs will start smaller but will increase over time as NICE approves more life improvi...

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