Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with appropriate clinical bodies on the effectiveness of treatment with statins for people aged 60 and over.

There have been no recent discussions between the Department and clinical bodies on the effectiveness of treatment with statins for people aged 60 or over.

Statins are used in the National Health Service for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has issued guidance about the use of statins in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease which can found at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg181