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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Helen Corbett

NHS services will not be cut to fund US pharma deal – Streeting

The deal keeps tariffs on imports of UK pharmaceuticals into the US at zero for three years (Julien Behal/PA) - (PA Wire)

No NHS services will be cut to fund a zero-tariff deal with the US, the Health Secretary has insisted amid questions over how much it will cost the UK.

The deal keeps tariffs on imports of UK pharmaceuticals into the US at zero for three years in return for the NHS raising its threshold for spending on new medicines by 25%.

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