Medical Treatments

(asked on 23rd February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatments are currently due for consideration through NHS England's specialised commissioning prioritisation process; what communications his Department has received on each treatment from (a) hon Members and (b) other interested parties; whether each treatment is (i) routinely and (ii) not routinely available on the NHS in England pending the outcome of the prioritisation process; what the estimated annual eligible population is for each such treatment; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 2nd March 2015

The list of treatments that are currently due for consideration through NHS England’s specialised commissioning prioritisation process and the expected number of patients to be treated each year for each such treatment is attached.

The communications the Department has received on each such treatment from hon. Members and other interested parties since April 1 2013 is also attached.

NHS England has confirmed that all the treatments listed are not routinely available on the NHS in England pending the outcome of the prioritisation process.

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