Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England plans to take to ensure that patients and clinicians are aware of the drugs delisted from the Cancer Drugs Fund as announced on 12 January 2015.

NHS England has advised that a meeting with patient groups and charities was held on 19 January 2015 to provide the context for the changes being made to the national Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) list, how the review was undertaken by the CDF clinical panel and the results. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions to provide further clarity.

Information on the outcomes from the review is available on NHS England’s website at:

www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf

and has been circulated to NHS England networks. Clinicians are also being informed via the regional CDF teams.