Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82856

NHS: Finance

Tabled: 16 October 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to balance value for money for the NHS with maintaining the UK’s competitiveness in the global pharmaceutical market.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Government will always prioritise the needs of National Health Service patients and understands that delivering access to medicines is an important part of delivering frontline services. The pharmaceutical sector, and the innovative medicines it produ...

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