NHS: Drugs
Commons · Question 100726 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed whether NICE has approved a greater or fewer number of new medicines since the introduction of the severity modifier in 2020, compared with comparable internatio
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 7 Jan 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for the methods and processes that it uses in the development of its recommendations. The severity modifier was introduced in January 2022 as part of a number of changes intended ...