Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 28 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 January 2002. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 January 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the (a) membership and (b) remit of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment. - Including ref to the NCCHTA website (www.ncchta.org).

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the (a) membership and (b) remit of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment. [19925] Ms Blears: The Department holds a contract with the University of Southampton to provide a National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA) which gives expert research management and scientific secretariat support to the health technology assessment (HTA) programme. NCCHTA staff are employed through the University. It has no membership. The membership of the HTA prioritisation and commissioning groups can be found on the NCCHTA website (www.ncchta.org) along with details of its remit and the research management processes employed.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 377 c617W;377 c621W; 19925
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Health services NHS Medical treatments Membership Medicine Research Health Technology Assessment Programme National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
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