Pauline Latham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Pauline Latham on 2015-01-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans NHS England has to respond to patient groups and charities who are concerned about the removal of clinically effective drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund.

George Freeman

NHS England has advised that a meeting with patient groups and charities was held on 19 January 2015 to provide the context for the changes being made to the national Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) list, how the review was undertaken by the CDF clinical panel and the results. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions to provide further clarity.

Information on the outcomes from the review is available on NHS England’s website at:

www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/pe/cdf

and has been circulated to NHS England networks. Clinicians are also being informed via the regional CDF teams.

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