Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Main Page: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)(2 years, 8 months ago)
Lords Chamber Lord Evans of Rainow (Con)
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Evans of Rainow (Con) 
        
    
        
    
        My Lords, I do not have a specific answer to that question, but I can certainly respond in writing.
 Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab) 
        
    
        
    
        My Lords, behind this Question lies an even more worrying fact, which is that the NHS is very, very slow to adopt new medicines and new treatments. Does the Minister accept that our very poor outcomes for cancer in relation to many OECD countries are partly down to this lack of adoption of proven new treatments? What are the Government doing to turn this around?