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Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness

Asked by Layla MoranLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 114047

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to release an impact assessment for changes to the NICE cost-effectiveness threshold.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

There are no plans to publish an impact assessment or details of the modelling in relation to changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cost-effectiveness threshold. Information included in the impact assessment is commercially sensitive.

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