Drug rationing is essential in the NHS, and ministers should back the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) which plays the key role in deciding which ones are worthwhile, MPs will say today in a hard-hitting report. The health select committee will call for more appraisal, not less, by Nice, which has been castigated by patient groups and drug companies whenever it has banned a new drug from the NHS.
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