Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16330
Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments
Tabled: 26 November 2024
Answered: 3 December 2024
Question
Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrat — Sutton and Cheam
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure UK blood cancer patients can access effective new therapies that are available to patients overseas but have been subject to NICE terminated appraisals.
Answer
Karin SmythDecisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are made on the basis of recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), following an evaluation of a treatment’s co...
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