National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Hansard, 10 December 2001)

HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 c717W 717W

§ Mr. Nicholas Winterton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to(a) alter the remit and (b) review the framework of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence; and if NICE includes the therapeutic requirements of specific diseases in its assessments of the efficacy of individual drugs. [17433]

§ Mr. Hutton
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) on 22 November 2001,Official Report, column 416W.
The precise methodology used in appraisals of individual therapies is for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence itself, but the institute's recommendations always take account of the specific features of the conditions in which the therapies are to be applied.