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Commons · Question 19191 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2024

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS Trusts to speed up access to innovative therapies before MHRA approval through Early Access Programmes.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2024

NHS England has issued national policy guidelines on free of charge schemes, which are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/free-of-charge-foc-medicines-schemes-national-policy-recommendations-for-local-systems/The only fre...