Overview

• The petition, launched by PLANETS Cancer Charity, has garnered over 46,000 signatures pressing for SIRT funding following NICE approval in May 2024
• NHS England has yet to commission the therapy for NET patients, leaving them unable to receive the treatment on the health service
• The treatment, which injects radioactive microspheres into the liver’s blood supply, is currently commissioned only for other types of liver cancer
• Conservative MP Caroline Nokes has written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting demanding fairness and transparency in extending NHS access to SIRT
• Patients reliant on private funding face high costs and uncertainty while NHS policy development continues without a set timeline