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Baroness Wheeler
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(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Kamall (Con)
I think my noble friend will find that lots of departments and lots of public bodies are working within budgets at the moment, given the financial situation. NICE is very aware of this, and has looked at how it can do more with the same money to increase capacity and be more responsive.
Baroness Wheeler (Lab)
My Lords, NICE is a critical participant in the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway, launched over a year ago. It aims to make use of regulatory freedoms post Brexit to speed up access for NHS patients to new drugs, including cancer treatments. Can the Minister tell the House how many treatments have been or are being considered through ILAP and when we might expect to see the first ILAP treatment being made available on the NHS?
Lord Kamall (Con)
I know I have the answer here somewhere but I cannot find it, so I commit to write to the noble Baroness.