Written questions

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 42960 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to assess the potential impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s severity modifier on people with secondary breast cancer.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Apr 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...