Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia: Ibrutinib Debate
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Baroness Jolly
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia: Ibrutinib
Baroness Jolly Excerpts(5 years, 11 months ago)
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Baroness Jolly (LD)
My Lords, the NHS constitution states that patients have a legal right to,
“drugs and treatments that have been recommended by NICE for use in the NHS”.
At the moment, in England, there are many men and women who have cataracts that are deemed by NICE as being ready for operation and for replacement, but the CCGs are refusing to commission and they are having to wait longer and longer. Can the Minister shed any light on this?
Lord O'Shaughnessy
I am afraid I do not know—it is a slight handbrake turn on the topic. I would of course be happy to meet the noble Baroness to discuss this issue; I was not aware of it, but I will happy to investigate it for her.