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Written Answers — Health: Drugs: Licensing (12 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what interventions (a) have been assessed and (b) are being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) through its (i) single technology appraisal and (ii) multiple technology appraisal process; and on what date (A) each such intervention was referred to NICE (B) NICE (1) commenced and (2) completed its appraisal of...

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Private Sector (12 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS providers which had not provided assurance to the NHS Chief Executive by 30 September 2009 that the NHS guidance of 23 March 2009 on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care was being followed, as requested in the NHS Chief Executive's letter of 30 July 2009, gateway reference 12199; if he...

Written Answers — Health: Medical Treatments (11 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the operation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's supplementary advice on appraising treatments which may extend life, at the end of life, since 17 December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Medical Treatments (11 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health to what medicines which (a) have been appraised and (b) are under appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's supplementary advice on appraising treatments which may extend life, at the end of life, adopted on 17 December 2008, has been applied; what estimate he has made of the total annual eligible patient population for...

Written Answers — Health: Cancer (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full response of his Department to the report by the Rarer Cancers Forum entitled Off limits, published on 14 August 2009; what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of the report; what steps he is taking to assist NHS organisations in making decisions on the...

Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Death (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts (a) failed, (b) under-achieved and (c) achieved the Care Quality Commission's target reduction rate for cancer mortality in those aged under 75 years in 2008-09; and what definition the Care Quality Commission uses of (i) failure and (ii) under-achievement in this regard.

Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Drugs (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made by the NHS in implementing collaborative commissioning processes, as recommended by his Department's National Cancer Director in his November 2008 report on Improving access to medicines for NHS patients; what steps he is taking to share the example of the North East cancer drugs group with other geographical areas in the...

Written Answers — Health: Cancer: Drugs (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients are given access to balanced written information on the (a) benefits, (b) toxicities and (c) costs of novel (i) on-label and (ii) off-label treatments; as recommended by his Department's National Cancer Director in his report on Improving access to medicines for NHS patients.

Written Answers — Health: Drugs (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made by his Department on its investigation of the (a) extent and (b) causes of variations in international drug usage; whether any interim findings of that investigation are available; when he expects that investigation to conclude; if he will publish the findings of that investigation; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: NHS: Drugs (5 Nov 2009)

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in improving the timeliness of decision-making by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence since the publication of his Department's report on Improving access to medicines for NHS patients in November 2008; how his Department plans to monitor progress in implementing this recommendation in the future; and...