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...