Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jessica Morden (Labour), on Wednesday, 31 January 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 58 members in total.

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ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR LESS COMMON CANCERS

That this House expresses concern at the ruling by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in its final appraisal determination which will in effect deny a new treatment, Velcade, to people suffering from multiple myeloma on the NHS; recognises that this will create inequity in the Health Service in England and Wales where patients with private insurance will continue to have access to this life-extending treatment; notes that while NICE recognises its clinical effectiveness, the decision to withhold it from NHS patients has been made on the grounds of cost; further notes that other European countries have been able to assess the drug as both clinically and cost effective; acknowledges that NICE currently caps the cost of treatments at ??30,000 per quality added life year, which is inappropriate in the assessment of rare diseases and should be set substantially higher; and in the light of this calls on the Secretary of State for Health to ask NICE to review urgently again its processes for the assessment of treatments for less common cancers such as multiple myeloma.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

790 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Bob Spink

Brian Iddon

Andrew Dismore

David Drew

Andrew George

Subjects

Access Medical treatments Rare cancers

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk