Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122603

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 20 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Adrian Ramsay

Green PartyWaveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that changes to NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds results in improved and equitable access to new and effective treatments for people with incurable

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Government intends to increase the standard cost-effectiveness threshold that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) uses in its evaluations of medicines in line with the commitment in the United Kingdon and United States’ trade ...

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