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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Wes Streeting
MPs fear the change undermines the key role Nice has played since its creation in 1999 as the arbiter of what medicines constitute value for money for the NHS to buy. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Dozens of MPs are opposing Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may be illegal.

Thirty-one MPs have signed a House of Commons motion voicing their disapproval of the health secretary being handed the power to override the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (Nice) judgment on how much the NHS should spend on individual medicines.

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