Review of NHS drugs assessment ordered
-
31 January 2016
- From the section Scotland
Image copyright
Thinkstock
An independent review is to be carried out of the way drugs are assessed for use on the NHS in Scotland.
Former medical director for NHS Fife Dr Brian Montgomery will lead the study.
The review will look at how changes made to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) process in 2014 have affected patient access to medicines for rare and end-of-life conditions.
It will also examine how the system for getting patients access to newly-licensed drugs is working.