Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122933

Medical Treatments: Finance

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his department’s requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in NICE’s severity modifier on investment in treatments for more severe condition

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield on 13 January 2026 to Question 103809.