Breast Cancer: Health Services
Commons · Question 73933 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expedite decisions on access to new treatments for secondary breast cancer.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Sep 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of clinical and cost effectiveness. The NHS i...