NHS: Drugs
(asked on 8th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS England on recent guidance stating that NICE-recommended medicines will be funded from day 90 of publication.
This question was answered on 16th September 2015
No such discussions have taken place.
Commissioners are legally required to provide funding for treatments and drugs recommended in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal guidance within three months of NICE’s final guidance.