Question follow-through · 69898

Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to innovative treatments for people with SOD1 motor neurone disease.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
1 Sept 2025 · 41 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to innovative treatments for people with SOD1 motor neurone disease.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

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  3. 1 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body responsible for developing authoritative, evidence-based recommendations for the Naitonal Health Service on whether new medicines represent a clinically and cost-effectiv...

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