Leukaemia: Drugs

(asked on 8th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the new Cancer Drugs Fund will increase patient access to medicines for acute myeloid leukaemia.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 15th December 2015

NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence are currently consulting jointly on draft proposals on the future direction of the Cancer Drugs Fund.


The consultation was published on 19 November 2015 and is open until 11 February 2016. It states that it is looking to put in place a solution that ensures patients have routine access to a greater range of cancer drugs, including earlier access to innovative drugs, while ensuring that cost-effectiveness is maintained. Further information is available at:

www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/cdf-consultation

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