Written questions

Multiple Sclerosis: Drugs

Commons · Question 21377 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) Sativex and (b) other medications for MS patients are (i) affordable and (ii) funded in (A) Nottinghamshire and (B) other areas.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 7 Jan 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...