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<p>NHS England and NHS Improvement has advised that, following a drug becoming routinely
available from the National Health Service, it would expect all eligible patients
to be able to access that drug from the NHS.</p><p>This principle would also apply
for treatments under the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). A patient previously treated privately
would be able to transfer to NHS care and continue treatment available via the CDF,
as long as they meet all of the treatment criteria.</p><p>For those patients who have
previously received all of their care in the private sector and then transfer to NHS
care, NHS England and NHS Improvement has advised that it cannot reimburse for treatments
given in the private sector or funded privately prior to the treatment becoming routinely
available from the NHS.</p>
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