Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3698

Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 2 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NICE guidelines on access to minimally invasive cancer therapies is followed.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The adoption of new treatments, including minimally invasive cancer treatments, into the National Health Service in England is generally the result of National Institution of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance and/or commissioner decisions. Both NHS Engl...

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