§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the(a) membership and (b) remit of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment. [19925]
§ Ms BlearsThe Department holds a contract with the University of Southampton to provide a National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA) which gives expert research management and scientific secretariat support to the health technology assessment (HTA) programme. NCCHTA staff are employed through the University. It has no membership. The membership of the HTA prioritisation and commissioning groups can be found on the NCCHTA website (www.ncchta.org) along with details of its remit and the research management processes employed.