National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons at on 7 May 2019.

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Photo of Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson Shadow Minister (Public Health)

Kuvan, Orkambi and Spinraza—these are just three life-changing drugs to which thousands of patients are being denied access on the NHS. Patients have waited far too long for the drugs they desperately need, and for some, as we have heard, it is a matter of life and death. Does the Secretary of State agree that the NICE appraisal process for rare diseases is just not fit for purpose?