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<p>Commissioners are legally required to fund drugs and treatments recommended in
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal guidance.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the absence of guidance from NICE, it is for commissioners,
including NHS England, to make funding decisions based on the available evidence.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Commissioners are required to have in place clear and transparent
arrangements for local decision making and for considering individual funding requests
taking into account patients’ clinical circumstances.</p><p> </p>
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