Medical Treatments
(asked on 6th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NICE technology appraisals have led to (a) positive, (b) negative and (c) other recommendations in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
A breakdown of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) technology appraisal decisions by type of recommendation in each of the last six financial years is shown in the table. NICE classifies its technology appraisal decisions using four categories:
- Recommended – recommended in line with the marketing authorisation or National Health Service clinical practice
- Optimised - recommended for a smaller subset of patients than stated in the marketing authorisation
- Only in research - recommended for use only in the context of a research study, for example a clinical trial
- Not recommended
Year | Recommended | Optimised | Only in research | Not recommended |
2014/15 (to 10 March) | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2013/14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
2012/13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
2011/12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
2010/11 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 9 |
2009/10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Source: NICE