Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 29222

Blood Cancer: Gene Therapies

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the medicines and treatment appraisal system to assess its readiness for evaluating cell and gene-based blood cancer treatments.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effective...

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