Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme in ensuring patients can access the most effective and innovative medicines.
Use of innovative medicines in England is reported through the innovation scorecard. The most recent publication was in October 2017 and is available at:
https://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB30106
Since 2014, the medicines in the scorecard have changed as new medicines have become available. The scorecard shows that for the 12 months from April 2016 to March 2017, compared to the previous 12 months where comparable data is available, 73% of innovative medicines covered by the scorecard were prescribed more.