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Blood Cancer: Medical Treatments

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 107110

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the severity modifier on recent NICE recommendations on blood cancer treatments.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

Since the introduction of the severity modifier, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has approved 27 out of 28 blood cancer medicines it evaluated, reflecting an approval rate of 96%. Of these topics, a severity weighting was applied in nine topics.

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