Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:39 pm on 7 December 2016.
Thank you for the follow-up question and the example. As I regularly say, we take an evidence-based approach and we look at the evidence and the expert guidance that the JCVI provides. I think it’s important to understand whether or not the vaccine would be effective in avoiding the admissions and the course of treatment that you outlined in the individual case. It’s also important to understand whether there is an alternative route to treatment, whether it’s the vaccine or another form. And of course this goes back to the treating clinicians understanding and advising on what is the best course of treatment. We know that there are individual patient funding request routes for treatment that falls outside the normal routes. But I think the most helpful thing is for us to receive the correspondence from you outlining the current position, so that I can look at that properly and seriously and I’d be happy to have a follow-up conversation with you.