Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119678

Liver Diseases: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Lorraine Beavers

LabourBlackpool North and Fleetwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking, working with manufacturers of breakthrough treatments for fatty liver disease, to prepare the NHS to deliver such treatments as quickly as possible to eligible pat

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Newly licensed medicines are appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which is the independent body responsible for developing evidence-based guidance for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a c...

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