Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 79977
Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Shockat Adam
Independent — Leicester South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with secondary breast cancer can access (a) new and (b) effective treatments; and if he will review National Institute for Health and Care Excellence a
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has been monitoring the impact of the severity modifier since it was implemented in 2022. Data up to March 2025 shows that the proportion of positive cancer recommendations is higher (85%) than ...
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