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Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [Lords]

What relationship does my hon. Friend predict that the new commissioner will have with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, which recently decided not to approve quality of life improving drugs for people suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease? Increasing numbers of people are in need of those drugs, which also benefit their carers. People often suffer for many years because although their general health is good, those particular drugs have not been approved by NICE. Does my hon. Friend foresee that the commissioner will continue the campaign to try to get them approved?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
447 c933 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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