Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which National Clinical Directors and Clinical Reference Groups have been involved in establishing best value prices and reference prices for implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators.
When establishing the suggested average prices the Complex Invasive Cardiology - Clinical Reference Group lead and clinical representatives were involved in supporting and understanding the need for average prices for implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation defibrillators.