PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Drugs (18 December 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 11 September to Question number 169109 on Social Care: Drugs, (a) when the 2019-20 planning process was completed and (b) what the level of funding is for the 2019-20 prioritisation process.

Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)

The independently chaired Clinical Priorities Advisory Group met in November 2018 to make prioritisation recommendations for investments in specialised service for the 2019/20 financial year. Final investment decisions will be announced shortly. A second prioritisation round for investment in 2019/20 will be held next year.

The baseline budget for prioritisation in 2019/20 has been set at £25.7 million reflecting a 2.7% increase on the 2018/19 budget. The availability of any additional funding to support prioritisation will be kept under review between now and May/June 2019 when the second round of investment decisions will be taken for the 2019/20 financial year.

Answered by:
Steve Brine (Conservative)
20 December 2018