Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88818

Cancer: Drugs

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of cancer patients who could not afford to continue using their anticancer agent beyond its NHS availability.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based recommendations on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service based on an assess...

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