Date of Answer: 13.07.2010

Column References: 513 c706-7W

Member Tabling Question: McKinnell, Catherine

Topic: Multiple Sclerosis: Medical Treatments

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence clinical guideline on multiple sclerosis is updated to (a) reflect the changes to the evidence base for the best care for people living with multiple sclerosis and (b) take into account all new treatments and drugs for this condition.

Answering Department: Department of Health

Member Answering Question: Burns, Simon

Answer: We understand that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence routinely takes such factors into account when reviewing its clinical guidelines.

Question Number: 8048

Date Tabled: 08.07.2010

Date for Answer: 13.07.2010