National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where NHSE's powers to negotiate commercial agreements with companies whose products are undergoing NICE appraisal will be transferred.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The Health Bill currently before Parliament will abolish NHS England and move the majority of its powers and functions to my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Commercial negotiations will continue uninterrupted up to and beyond April 2027, when NHS England will cease to exist as a separate entity.
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