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Written question asked by Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 27 November 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 December 2018. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Medical Treatments

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care receives when deciding how to instruct NICE in relation to whether to use the Single Technology Appraisal route or the Highly Specialised Technology route when assessing a new medicine or treatment.

Answer

Departmental Ministers, on behalf of the Secretary of State, take decisions on the final referral of topics to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal and highly specialised technology work programmes on the basis of advice from the Department’s officials. The advice summarises the outcome of a topic selection process that is overseen by NICE and includes consideration of topics against published criteria by a group comprising representatives from the Department, NHS England and NICE and informed by public consultation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL11871
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Medical treatments National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Department of Health and Social Care
Link
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