Nic Dakin – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nic Dakin on 2016-09-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans (a) his Department and (b) NHS England have to report on the outcome of the process to consider the future of the Cancer Drugs Fund.

Nicola Blackwood

A new approach to the appraisal and funding of cancer drugs in England, including a revised operating model for the Cancer Drugs Fund, came into force on 29 July 2016.

This was subject to full public consultation and all of the documentation, together with a summary of the consultation responses, can be found at:

www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/cdf-consultation

Further information is available on NHS England’s website at:

www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cdf-sop.pdf

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