Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 107544

Prostate Cancer: Abiraterone

Tabled: 21 January 2026

Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Sorcha Eastwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Northern Ireland being the only part of the UK unable to offer abiraterone routinely to eligible prostate cancer patien

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

There are no current plans to hold discussions with the Northern Irish Department of Health or the Health and Social Care Board on abiraterone access in Northern Ireland. Decisions on the availability of medicines in Northern Ireland are a matter for the ...

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