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David Tredinnick
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(13 years, 2 months ago)
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Mr Lansley
The right hon. Gentleman should not believe what he reads in the newspapers.
David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)
The cancer drugs fund is available only for pharmaceutical drugs, but can it be used for wider support services, such as healers, aromatherapists, those using therapeutic touch and other such practitioners?
Mr Lansley
We are finalising the design of the future cancer drugs fund from April, and we will publish shortly. The interim cancer drugs fund is designed to support new effective medicines, based on clinical panels’ assessments of the needs of individual patients.