Clinical Commissioning Groups

(asked on 6th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for monitoring the legal duty of CCGs to have regard for NICE guidelines.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 14th December 2017

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines provide authoritative, evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals on the most effective ways to treat and care for patients. They are based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and are developed through wide consultation with stakeholders. As such, the Government expects National Health Service organisations to take them fully into account in the care and treatment of individual patients, but there is no explicit legal requirement on clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to have regard to them and there is no central process for monitoring CCG compliance with NICE guidelines.

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