Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Charlotte Leslie and David Mowat

Tuesday 21st March 2017 Commons Chamber

[David Mowat]

It is not for the Government to direct clinicians regarding the efficacy of particular treatments; it is for clinicians to decide, based on guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and others. In developing its recent motor neurone disease guidance, NICE found that the evidence base for the routine use of cough-assist machines was weak. However, the matter is kept under review, so that may change as and if new data emerge.

[Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (Con)]

4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the export of procedures developed by NHS professionals.