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Written question asked by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 16 January 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2017. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 January 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS Business Services Authority is taking to ensure that the criteria for the review of NHS products by the NHS Clinical Evaluation Team are made public to patients and industry.

Answer

The Clinical Evaluation Team has published an operating manual, entitled “NHS Clinical Evaluation Team: Operating Manual” which can be found on the Clinical Evaluation Team’s section of NHS Business Services Authority website:

www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/CET

This manual explains the process of developing the clinical criteria for each product group.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
60201
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Disclosure of information Cost effectiveness NHS Medical treatments Procurement Reviews
Link
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