Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the potential merits of expanding the NHSE&I/NICE innovative subscription model for anti-microbial treatments across the UK.

The Government continues to meet with the devolved administrations to discuss progress of the novel purchasing project being conducted by NHS England and NHS Improvement and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. It is hoped that all parts of the United Kingdom will benefit from the success of the pilot programme when the planned innovative antimicrobial purchasing subscription model is launched in early 2022.