Dementia: Drugs

(asked on 25th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a swift roll out of new drugs to treat dementia should they become approved and available.


Answered by
Lord Markham Portrait
Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 31st July 2023

The Government wants all patients to benefit from rapid access to safe and effective new medicines in a way that is affordable and represents value to the National Health Service. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will work closely with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the manufacturers and will aim to issue recommendations for the NHS on new licensed medicines for dementia as close as possible to licensing.

NHS England stands ready to ensure patients can benefit from any new licensed and NICE approved disease modifying treatment for dementia as quickly as possible.

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