Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40416

Prescription Drugs

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to SGLT2 inhibitors for patients with (a) type 2 diabetes, (b) chronic kidney disease and (c) heart failure.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based best practice guidance for the National Health Service.The NICE has been able to recommend two SGLT2 inhibitors, ...

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