To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance will affect the treatment of anaemia, with particular reference to patients suffering from cancer-related exhaustion; and if she will make a statement. (79793)

We expect national health service organisations and clinicians to take full account of appraisals issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE has not yet issued its final guidance on Erythropoeitins for cancer-induced anaemia.