Terminal Illnesses: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 76509 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE appraisals for (a) Duchenne muscular dystrophy and (b) other rare, progressive conditions take into account urgency of access.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 9 Oct 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) aims wherever possible to issue guidance on new medicines close to the time of licensing to ensure that patients can benefit from rapid access to clinically and cost-effective new medicines. NIC...