Request
Can you confirm what the arrangements would be if a patient who has originally had access to a new medicine through private funding then applies to the CDF for funding (when their funding runs out) - would the CDF fund the patient? Many thanks
Our Response
I refer to your email querying if a patient who has originally had access to a new medicine through private funding would subsequently be entitled to funding from the Cancer Drug Fund (CDF).
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold this information.
Applications to the fund are made by clinicians to a clinical panel. The clinical panel decides whether or not to approve the request based on a set of principles that have been agreed locally. Whether or not a patient had previously accessed a drug through private funding would have no bearing on the outcome.
More details of the process for application and the principles can be found on our website via the following link:
http://www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/interim-cancer-drug-fund/
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
