Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when is the next opportunity that the Cancer Drugs Fund will accept new applications for review.

NHS England has advised that the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) is reprioritised on a regular basis so that the resources available are used to the best benefit for patients.

As part of this, NHS England has taken the decision not to consider new drugs for inclusion in the national CDF list at this time and has made no decision on when new applications to the Fund will next be considered.

Clinicians will continue to be able to apply for cancer drugs not on the national CDF list through the Individual Cancer Drugs Funding Request procedure.