A question on #BreastCancer #MedicalTreatments tabled by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on 26-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments
Question ID: 1789126
UIN: HL6193
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-26
Asking Member ID: 4130
Asking Member display name: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Asking Member handle: MRitchieSD
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MRitchieSD
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the impact of NICE’s severity modifier on people with secondary breast cancer.
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Date answered: 2025-04-02
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Is holding answer: false
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) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that it uses in its evaluations independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is based on evidence of societa...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true