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<p>Ministers have not met with Greater Manchester NHS Board about the statutory commissioning
of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended medicines.
Similarly I am informed that NHS England is not aware of any such discussions.</p><p>The
National Health Service in England is legally required to make funding available for
treatments recommended in NICE technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies
guidance, normally within three months of the publication of final guidance. This
requirement is reflected in the NHS Constitution as a right to drugs and treatments
that have been recommended by NICE for use in the NHS, if their doctor believes they
are clinically appropriate.</p><p>The NHS Standard Contract is mandated by NHS England
for use by commissioners for all contracts for healthcare services other than primary
care. The 2024/25 standard contract states that, where any service involves or may
involve the prescribing of medicines, the provider must ensure that its formulary
reflects all relevant positive NICE technology appraisals. NICE’s guideline on developing
and updating local formularies states that when a NICE technology appraisal recommends
a medicine, it should be adopted into the local formulary automatically if clinically
appropriate and relevant to the services provided by the organisation, and that this
process should take place within three months.</p>
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