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Macular Degeneration: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 119531 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2026

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Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE Guidance to prevent irreversible sight loss is being met for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Mar 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued technology appraisal guidance recommending several medicines for use in the treatment of wet age-related macular generation. The National Health Service in England is legally required...