Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100589
Cancer: Terminal Illnesses
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 29 December 2025
Question
Ben Goldsborough
Labour — South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) alter and (b) mitigate the National Institute for Care and Excellence's downgrading of terminal cancer to moderately severe.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not classified terminal cancer as moderately severe. The NICE is an independent body and is responsible for developing the methods and processes it uses to evaluate whether new medicines sho...
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