Diabetes: Medical Equipment

(asked on 17th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on undertaking its appraisal of technology for Type 1 Diabetes.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 25th April 2018

Departmental officials meet regularly with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England to discuss potential topics for referral to its technology appraisal work programme, including potential topics relating to drugs for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. In February 2018, Departmental Ministers asked NICE to develop technology appraisal guidance on the use dapagliflozin, empagliflozin and sotagliflozin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes and this appraisal is now underway. Once a technology appraisal topic has been referred to NICE, NICE develops its guidance independently based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and in consultation with stakeholders, including the Department.

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