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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Alan Johnson.

NHS Patients (Access to Medicines)

Statement on the Richards Review of policy regarding NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private drugs. (Top-ups)

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
482 c131-46 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department of Health
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
NHS Patients (Additional Private Care)
Monday, 23 March 2009
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Alan Johnson | 482 c144-5 (Link to this contribution) That is a question for NICE in deciding how to operate the system. Currently, drugs companies come i...
Alan Johnson | 482 c146 (Link to this contribution) The decisions do not apply retrospectively. A NICE decision applies from the time at which it takes ...
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Greg Mulholland | 482 c145-6 (Link to this contribution) I commend this positive step and remind the House of the heroic Jane Tomlinson, who did so much for ...
Paul Burstow | 482 c146 (Link to this contribution) Speedier NICE appraisal decisions are essential but they are not sufficient. We also need more trans...
Alan Johnson | 482 c146 (Link to this contribution) I shall take that question as an audition for the Royal Shakespeare Company and treat it with the co...
Alan Johnson | 482 c131-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about Professor Mike Richards's revi...
Speaker | 482 c137 (Link to this contribution) Order. By any test, this is slow moving and we have other business to complete. I want to allow all ...
Kevin Barron | 482 c137 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the announcement that the timetable for the NICE evaluation process is going to be speeded...
Norman Lamb | 482 c138-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for early sight of the statement and join hon. Members in thanking Pr...
Alan Johnson | 482 c139 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his welcome for the statement. He says that it is a remarkable U-turn...
Alan Johnson | 482 c140 (Link to this contribution) It does not take 12 months. Here is £13 billion of taxpayers' money, and once again the Conservative...
John Baron | 482 c140 (Link to this contribution) Today's announcement is very welcome. I thank the Secretary of State and Professor Richards for our ...
Alan Johnson | 482 c141-2 (Link to this contribution) In terms of what has gone on before today, I can assure the right hon. Gentleman and the House that ...
Alan Johnson | 482 c141 (Link to this contribution) If the drug company has not applied for this, the same circumstances will apply: the drug has not be...
Lord Young of Cookham | 482 c141 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement, but I would be grateful for clarification on one point...
Doug Henderson | 482 c142-3 (Link to this contribution) I usually find eulogistic questioning both awkward and always counter-productive, but may I complime...
Alan Johnson | 482 c144 (Link to this contribution) I respect the hon. Gentleman's judgment on this matter, and perhaps we should have a meeting with Mi...
Alan Johnson | 482 c143 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give a date for that. All I can say to my hon. Friend is that, as he will know, we started ...
Evan Harris | 482 c143 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State accept that there are lots of unanswered questions? For example, how doe...
Andrew George | 482 c144 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State reassure me that the NHS will use its procurement muscle when negotiating...
Julian Lewis | 482 c145 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said in his statement that only a small number of people have had to pay priv...
Alan Johnson | 482 c145 (Link to this contribution) Mike Richards says that not enough evidence or information is available—one of his recommendation is...
Graham Stuart | 482 c146 (Link to this contribution) The Labour party of Nye Bevan is gone and there are few Labour MPs to mourn its passing. Why will my...
Alan Johnson | 482 c146 (Link to this contribution) That is an issue for NICE. It needs to comply with the court judgment. This is not the end of the st...
Alan Johnson | 482 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) I am very surprised by the hon. Gentleman' response, not least because, if he has read the report, h...
Alan Johnson | 482 c138 (Link to this contribution) Yes, indeed it does. NICE has seen that people are concerned about this aspect of end-of-life care a...
Alan Johnson | 482 c140 (Link to this contribution) The drugs that come through the NICE process will be available, thanks to the NHS constitution which...
Alan Johnson | 482 c141 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman's remarks, and I, too, pay tribute to Brian O'Boyle. The hon. Gentleman...
David Curry | 482 c142 (Link to this contribution) But does the Secretary of State accept that two patients can have an identical operation carried out...
Alan Johnson | 482 c142 (Link to this contribution) I understand that. The NHS constitution, when we finally get it launched, will help in some ways. Mi...
Speaker | 482 c142 (Link to this contribution) Order. I do not think we need an ““also””, as the hon. Lady has made her point.
Alan Johnson | 482 c142 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's concerns. This has been a difficult process because of the very strong...
Charlotte Atkins | 482 c142 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Secretary of State's statement, particularly his comments on the speeding up...
David Tredinnick | 482 c144 (Link to this contribution) First, does this mean that a patient being successfully treated by a traditional Chinese medicine pr...
Speaker | 482 c144 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am trying to ration time, so hon. Members may ask one question only, I am afraid.
Alan Johnson | 482 c143 (Link to this contribution) I accept that, as does Mike Richards. He has done a thorough piece of work in a short space of time;...
Rob Marris | 482 c143 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement. Some PCTs need money to pay for these drugs, and some PCTS, such as Wolverh...
Richard Taylor | 482 c144 (Link to this contribution) I have not read the report, and I regret that I am now rather more confused than I was. I still cann...
Alan Johnson | 482 c143 (Link to this contribution) I preferred my hon. Friend's description of my statement to the Conservative party's one. I can conf...
Speaker | 482 c145 (Link to this contribution) Order. I appeal to the House. We have other important business to reach. The Secretary of State's an...
Howard Stoate | 482 c140 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the measures proposed in the statement, which will go a long way towards speeding up the p...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 482 c141 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement and his recognition that some health economies, such as...
Lord Lansley | 482 c133-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I am sure, too, that the...
Subjects
Access Finance Fees and charges Drugs Private sector NHS Medical treatments Patients Payments National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Consequences of Additional Private Drugs for NHS Care Review
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