Immunotherapy
(asked on 2nd July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of immunotherapy.
This question was answered on 8th July 2019
When an immunotherapy treatment has been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), all relevant providers are required to implement NICE’s guidance and make the treatment available for patients on the National Health Service.
The NHS Long Term Plan sets out our commitment to making safer and more precise treatments, including advanced radiotherapy techniques and immunotherapies, available on the NHS to support improvements in survival rates.