Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when the first medicine will be selected to enter the Innovative Medicines Fund.

No specific estimate has been made. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England continually monitor for potential medicines for the Innovative Medicines Fund. NICE will provide guidance on whether a managed access proposal through the Fund would be feasible.