PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Multiple Myeloma: Drugs (23 October 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the decision to remove treatments for multiple myeloma from the Cancer Drugs Fund list on survival rates for patients with that condition.

Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour)

Answer

NHS England has advised that no assessment has been made of the impact of these changes to the national Cancer Drugs Fund list on survival rates for multiple myeloma. These changes have not yet been finalised and agreed.


Answered by:
George Freeman (Conservative)
2 November 2015

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