A question on #PrescriptionDrugs tabled by Jack Rankin on 21-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Prescription Drugs
Question ID: 1787402
UIN: 40416
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-21
Asking Member ID: 5340
Asking Member display name: Jack Rankin
Asking Member handle: jackmrankin
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jackmrankin
Member interest: false
Question text: 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.
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Date answered: 2025-03-27
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: 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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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true