Macular Degeneration: Medical Treatments
Commons · Question 119531 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
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...