HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 c1112W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list each health authority area where anti-TNF therapy is(a) available and (b) unavailable; [414213]

(2) what plans he has for increasing access to anti-TNF therapy. [41442]

Ms Blears

[holding answers 11 March 2002]: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is conducting an appraisal of anti-TNF treatments. Guidance was issued to the national health service on 22 March 2002.

We do not hold information centrally about the current availability of these treatments.