Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the consultation by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on Value Based Assessment, published in March 2014, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that progress is made on securing a wider debate on the appraisal of new medicines.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) proposals arising from its consultation on value based assessment will require careful consideration with NICE, NHS England and other stakeholders. We will be discussing with NICE the further work it has proposed over the coming months.