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NHS: Finance

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 126288

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled NHS patients and British businesses to benefit from historic changes to medicines access following pharmaceutical partnership with USA, published on 2 April 2026, what plans his Department has to report to Parliament on the outcomes of the partnership and its effects on NHS spending and patient access.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Government has already enabled parliamentary scrutiny on this subject and will continue to follow standard processes to update Parliament on developments as appropriate.

Members of Parliament continue to have the opportunity to table parliamentary questions on this subject.

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