Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will review her department’s decision not to permit the use of Evusheld for patient groups vulnerable to covid-19 this winter.
The Government has decided not to procure Evusheld for prevention through emergency routes at this time. This is a decision based on independent clinical advice by multi-agency RAPID C-19 and a United Kingdom national expert policy working group which considered the epidemiological context and pandemic response and recovery policies. However, we have referred Evusheld to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for evaluation.