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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Friday, 20 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 February 2015 (named day). It was answered by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 February 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Psoriasis

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, columns 261-3W, on psoriasis, what the conclusions were of the NICE Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set Advisory Committee's review of potential indicators for psoriasis derived from the NICE Psoriasis Quality Standard.

Answer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set (CCG OIS) Advisory Committee considered the following draft psoriasis indicators, derived from the NICE Psoriasis Quality Standard, at its meeting in October 2014:

- PSO 5.1 Psoriasis: assessment for psoriatic arthritis;

- PSO 6.2 Skin disease: time off school or work due to skin disease;

- PSO 6.3 Psoriasis: skin clearance; and

- PSO 3.2 Psoriasis: Patient experience: access to secondary care services.

It was the decision of the committee that the indicators did not meet the prioritisation criteria, as set out in the NICE Indicator Process guide. The primary reason for this was that the majority of care for people with psoriasis is provided in primary care and the CCG OIS is focused on care provided in secondary care. As such, the committee has not put forward any of the psoriasis indicators for further development and testing by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). The HSCIC has not, therefore, undertaken any further work on the development of Read Codes for this topic.

The NICE indicator process guide and the NICE consultation document setting out those indicators which did meet the prioritisation criteria can be found at the links below:

www.nice.org.uk/media/03E/31/Indicators_process_guide.pdf

www.nice.org.uk/media/default/Standards-and-indicators/CCGOIS-indicator-consultation.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224746
Session
2014-15
Related items
Psoriasis
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Health services Psoriasis
Link
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