Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100589

Cancer: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 29 December 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth 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 Ahmed
The 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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