Moved by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
54: Clause 16, page 14, line 47, at end insert—
“3AA Duty of integrated care boards to commission approved treatments
(1) This section applies where—
(a) a treatment has been approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence,
(b) an integrated care board has not arranged for the provision of that treatment under section 3 or 3A, and
(c) a clinician has recommended that treatment for a person for whom that integrated care board has responsibility.
(2) The integrated care board must arrange for the provision of that treatment to the person for whom it has responsibility.
(3) In subsection (1) “clinician” means a medical professional employed by or acting on behalf of an NHS Trust, NHS Foundation Trust or primary care service from whom the integrated care board has arranged for the provision of services.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would require an integrated care board to arrange for the provision of a NICE-approved treatment to any patient whose NHS clinician has recommended it, even if that treatment is not otherwise available to patients in that ICB area.