Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when each of the NICE methodology reviews for STA and HST are planned (a) to begin, (b) to be consulted upon and (c) to have the findings reported.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve industry and other relevant stakeholders, including patient organisations and is timetabled in the 2019/20 business year. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.