Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 120891

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Drugs

Tabled: 16 March 2026

Answered: 25 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to medication for people with IBD.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that makes recommendations on whether all new medicines and significant licence extensions for existing medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Servic...

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