Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 15249

Migraines: Health Services

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Lee Pitcher

Labour — Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients can access the most effective innovations for migraine.

Answer

Preet Kaur Gill

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended several new medicines as options for the treatment of migraine. The National Health Service in England is legally required to fund medicines recommended in a NICE appraisal, usua...

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