AQW 47486/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for his assessment of access to new drugs used in cancer research and clinical trials for local patients.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 19 June 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 June 2015
- Answer due by
- 6 July 2015
- Answered
- 1 July 201512 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department has recently evaluated the Individual Funding Request process, which is designed to provide access to novel, off-label or non-NICE approved specialist drugs, and has publicly consulted on the recommendations from the published report. A copy of the evaluation is available at the following address:
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/ifr-report170215.
The consultation closed on 08 May 2015. The responses are currently being analysed.