A question on #MedicalTreatments tabled by Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle on 28-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Medical Treatments
Question ID: 1790178
UIN: HL6291
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-28
Asking Member ID: 4719
Asking Member display name: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Asking Member handle: natalieben
Asking Member Twitter reference: @natalieben
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to manage the NHS provision of biologic medications and other high-cost treatments, particularly to avoid inequality between patients under different integrated care boards.
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Date answered: 2025-04-07
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether new medicines, including biologics, should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of the...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true