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Most other European countries, and America, routinely fund some of the treatments NICE rejects, they say, implying that its assessments are too stingy.
NHS England said earlier this year that it would not routinely fund the drug as it claimed the treatment was preventative and not its responsibility.
A spokeswoman for Swindon PCT said: "The PCT is following directions from the strategic health authority and cancer networks not to routinely fund the drug until its safety is confirmed through licensing and Nice".
Bradford and Airedale NHS said in line with Yorkshire and Humber-wide policy, it did not routinely fund the drug.
In a statement, NHS North Yorkshire and York said it did not "routinely fund the prescribing of Sativex for patients with multiple sclerosis symptoms including spasticity and pain".
A spokesperson for NHS England said: "Although we cannot comment on individual cases, NHS England does routinely fund epilepsy surgery such as lesion resection and diagnostic work in line with our national specification for neurosurgery care.
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A spokesperson for NHS England said: "The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) provides an additional £200m each year to enable patients to access drugs that are not routinely funded by the NHS.
When Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal and an atheist, was awarded the prize in 2011, he said he accepted because the foundation had routinely funded serious scientific study.
We undertook a linguistic ethnography to examine the work practices of resource allocation committees in three Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England between 2005 and 2012, specifically deliberations over 'individual funding requests' (IFRs) – requests by patients and their doctors for the PCT to support a treatment not routinely funded.
There, in the English Department, Joe Paterno was a hero because his football program routinely funded major aspects of the English program.
In England, money to increase access to treatments not routinely funded by the NHS is available through a cancer drugs fund [ 25].
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