Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94547
Cancer: Drugs
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients have timely access to innovative cancer medicines.
Answer
Ashley DaltonIn England, 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 effectivenes...
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