Debate contribution: Alfie Pentony: Availability of NICE-approved Drug
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Alfie Pentony: Availability of NICE-approved Drug
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4806415
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It is my ambition that there be a UK-wide facility that would bring on any drug. NICE and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency give us advice, and that is the advice that we follow. In this instance, it is my understanding that the Belfast Trust makes the decision on whether this young man is allowed that drug. I am following up with the Belfast Trust to further understand its decision-making process. Several Members have approached me about this new drug for their constituents. Although I am not a clinician, on the face of it, it looks as though it is a revolutionary and very positive development, and I am keen to see it rolled out at pace, particularly for a young man such as the one whom you referenced.
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