Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 88818
Cancer: Drugs
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
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 AhmedThe 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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