Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 37096

Brain: Tumours

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning of the use of Visualase for Inoperable brain tumours on the NHS.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The decision to commission new services sits with integrated care boards (ICBs), overseen by NHS England. For proposed new treatments which require additional investment, NHS England carries out a relative prioritisation process to determine which service...

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