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Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act 2016
Summary
This Act creates a legal pathway for seriously ill patients in the UK to access new medical treatments and drugs that are still being tested or not yet officially approved. It aims to balance patient hope with safety by allowing access to innovation while maintaining some oversight of which treatments can be offered.
A vote to support means
- —Supporting this Act means allowing patients with serious illnesses to access new and experimental treatments that haven't yet been fully approved by regulators. Supporters believe this gives people hope and a chance to try medicines that might help them when standard treatments haven't worked.
A vote to oppose means
- —Critics worry that patients desperate for a cure might try untested treatments that could be harmful or ineffective, without proper safety checks. They're also concerned that companies might use this to sell expensive medicines without completing proper testing and evidence of whether they actually work.
Cast Your Vote
People's Vote2 votes
0% Support · 0100% Oppose · 2
Bill Passage
Commons
- 1st reading24 Jun 2015
- 2nd reading16 Oct 2015
- Committee stage16 Dec 2015
- Report stage29 Jan 2016
- 3rd reading29 Jan 2016
Lords
- 1st reading1 Feb 2016
- 2nd reading26 Feb 2016
- 3rd reading22 Mar 2016
Royal Assent23 Mar 2016
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