Cancer: Drugs
(asked on 13th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Cancer Drugs Fund has overspent, in the light of the second review to remove treatments from the Cancer Drugs Fund list.
This question was answered on 22nd July 2015
NHS England has advised that the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) overspent by £135.7 million (against a budget of £280 million) in 2014-15.
Reprioritisation of the national CDF list is necessary within 2015-16 to remain within the fixed budget allocated to the Fund, as stated within the CDF Standard Operating Procedures.