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Commons · Question 118049 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Mar 2026

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.3.17 in his Department's manual entitled National Institute for Health and Care Excellence health technology evaluations: the manual, what would constitute a substanti

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 12 Mar 2026

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops recommendations for the National Health Service on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded by the NHS based on an assessment of clinical a...