Health written question – answered on 13 June 2005.
Lynne Featherstone
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the health (a) authorities and (b) trusts in England providing funding for anti-TNF therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis; and if she will make a statement.
Liam Byrne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (Care Services)
The Department does not collect information on funding provided by strategic health authorities or primary care trusts for specific treatments.
Health bodies are obliged to fund, from general allocations, anti-TNF (tumour necrosis factor) treatment for those with severe rheumatoid arthritis who meet the clinical guidelines set by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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