A question on #MedicalTreatmentsAndTofersen tabled by Aphra Brandreth on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Medical Treatments and Tofersen
Question ID: 1807623
UIN: 56055
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5241
Asking Member display name: Aphra Brandreth
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Aphra Brandreth
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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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 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has received the application for tofersen and is currently reviewing it rapidly for quality, safety, and efficacy, for use in the United Kingdom.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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