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Sir Andrew Dillon, the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence told MPs it was illogical that the Cancer Drugs Fund paid for medication that Nice ruled was not cost effective.
The government’s Cancer Drugs Fund ‘makes no sense’ the head of the NHS drugs rationing body has said.
Sir Andrew Dillon, the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said that it was irrational that the fund approved drugs which Nice had already turned down.
Nice has come under intense criticism for refusing to fund life-extending drugs for cancer.
Last month the body turned down Kadcyla – which adds six months of life on average to women dying with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Patients have been increasingly forced to resort to the Cancer Drugs Fund.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...e-says-head-of-drugs-rationing-body-Nice.html
The government’s Cancer Drugs Fund ‘makes no sense’ the head of the NHS drugs rationing body has said.
Sir Andrew Dillon, the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said that it was irrational that the fund approved drugs which Nice had already turned down.
Nice has come under intense criticism for refusing to fund life-extending drugs for cancer.
Last month the body turned down Kadcyla – which adds six months of life on average to women dying with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Patients have been increasingly forced to resort to the Cancer Drugs Fund.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...e-says-head-of-drugs-rationing-body-Nice.html