Question reference: S4W-27015
- Asked by: Nanette Milne, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 August 2015
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 September 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it expects the peer approved clinical system to change patients’ access to medicines.
Answer
The intention of the peer approved clinical system has always been that it will operate in an environment where there is a reduced reliance on individual requests for medicines. As set out in the Task and Finish Group report presented to the Health and Sport Committee the changes introduced by the Scottish Medicines Consortium are expected to deliver substantially improved access to end of life, orphan and ultra-orphan medicines for patients across Scotland.