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  Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill -  Duty for NHS Procurement to Consider Life Science Sector and Access to New Medicines and Treatments
  
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  @ MP voted aye against requiring consideration of supporting the life sciences sector of the economy, and access to new medicines and treatments, as the NHS seeks the best value when procuring medicines and medical supplies. 
  @ MP voted no to require consideration of supporting the life sciences sector of the economy, and access to new medicines and treatments, as the NHS seeks the best value when procuring medicines and medical supplies. 
  
  MPs were considering the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill[1].
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring consideration of supporting the life sciences sector of the economy, and access to new medicines and treatments, as the NHS seeks the best value when procuring medicines and medical supplies. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 3.
  
  The rejected amendment 3 proposed a new clause titled: ''Duty to have regard to the life sciences sector and access to new medicines and treatments'' which stated:
  
  :In discharging, through the provisions established or amended by this Act, its responsibility to secure best value for the National Health Service in purchasing medicines and medical supplies, the Government must have full regard to the need toâ
  :(a)    promote and support a growing life sciences sector within the United Kingdom economy; and
  :(b)    ensure that patients have rapid clinical access to new clinically effective and cost-effective medicines and treatments approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence through their technology appraisal process.â
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/healthservicemedicalsuppliescosts.html Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill]
  * [2] [https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0146/hcb146.1-6.html Lords amendments to the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill, 27 February 2017]
  
  
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