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Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 23 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 February 2015. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Monday, 2 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.


National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendees at each National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal committee meeting convened in each of the last three years were (a) industry representatives, (b) doctors, (c) other health professionals, (d) health economists, (e) researchers, (f) patient representatives, (g) lay representatives and (h) other.

Answer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it does not classify information about appraisal committee attendees in the format requested.

Based on NICE’s assessment of attendees’ job titles, the breakdown of attendees across its four committees responsible for developing technology appraisals for the years 2012-14 was as follows:

industry representatives 6

doctors (general practitioners) 13

other health professionals 76

health economists 29

researchers 0

patient representatives 0

lay representatives 15

other 11


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224948
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Meetings National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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