Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73933

Breast Cancer: Health Services

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expedite decisions on access to new treatments for secondary breast cancer.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of clinical and cost effectiveness. The NHS i...

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