Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is possible to amend the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's process and methodology for technology appraisals midway through an appraisal.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that it follows the processes and methodology set out in its published guidance development manuals. NICE’s processes are sufficiently flexible to enable it to respond to unique situations that arise within an appraisal. There have been occasions where changes to the published processes have been introduced during an ongoing appraisal. In such cases, full consultation with stakeholders on substantive changes have taken place before their implementation.