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Commons · Question 56208 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence plans to improve the (a) transparency and (b) consistency of its guidance on the application o

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 10 Jun 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take societal benefits, such as health-related quality-of-life for carers and the impact on personal social services, into acc...