Peter Bone – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Bone on 2015-09-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the availability of drugs not yet approved by NICE.

George Freeman

Where a drug or treatment has not been appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, funding decisions should be made by the relevant commissioner, based on an assessment of the available evidence and on the basis of an individual patient’s clinical circumstances.