Question follow-through · 120765

Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to CAR-T therapies for mantle cell lymphoma is consistent across the UK, in the context of its continued availability in Scotland.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
19 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to CAR-T therapies for mantle cell lymphoma is consistent across the UK, in the context of its continued availability in Scotland.

  2. 19 Mar 2026

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  3. 19 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is re-evaluating brexucabtagene autoleucel following managed access through the Cancer Drugs Fund to determine whether it should be recommended for routine National Health Service funding. NICE’...

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