Drugs

(asked on 24th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that recommendations by NICE on the availability of new drug treatments are fully implemented by NHS England.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 3rd July 2015

National Health Service commissioners, including NHS England for its directly commissioned services, are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal guidance, normally within three months of the publication of NICE’s guidance.

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