Drugs

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 19 June 2018.

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Photo of Jim Shannon Jim Shannon Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility with the NHS constitution of the introduction of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year threshold for highly specialised technologies .

Photo of Steve Brine Steve Brine The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care

The changes to the methodology used by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the development of guidance on highly specialised technologies do not affect the right enshrined in the NHS Constitution to NICE recommended drugs. National Health Service patients continue to have a right to drugs and treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance provided their clinician considers it is appropriate treatment for them.

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