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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) policy on liothyronine to assess the extent to which it (1) follows national guidance, by asking new patients who have already been reviewed by specialist NHS consultants to be reviewed again if they move into Gloucestershire from another ICB area, and (2) incurs higher costs and additional use of NHS resources. 

Question HL5209: tabled on 30 January 2023 and due for answer by 13 February 2023

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) policy on liothyronine to assess the extent to which it (1) follows national guidance, by asking new patients who have already been reviewed by specialist NHS consultants to be reviewed again if they move into Gloucestershire from another ICB area, and (2) incurs higher costs and additional use of NHS resources.  HL5209
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Thursday 9 February 2023

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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Labour
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