Lucy Furlong (@lucyfurleaps.bsky.social)

Cost of UK’s drug price with US will come out of NHS budget Department of health, not Treasury, will foot the bill – with costs forecast to reach £9bn The cost of the government’s drug pricing deal with the Trump administration will come out of the NHS budget instead of the Treasury’s and could eventually reach £9bn a year, campaigners fear. Patrick Vallance, the science minister, has confirmed that the costs – initially an extra £1bn over three years– will be borne by the Department of Health and Social Care, which funds the NHS in England, and not the Treasury. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/cost-of-uks-drug-price-with-us-will-come-out-of-nhs-budget?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu