Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68910
Cancer: Health Services
Tabled: 17 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the severity threshold used by NICE for appraising treatments for incurable cancers.
Answer
Karin SmythThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for the methods and processes that it uses in the development of its recommendations. The severity modifier was introduced in January 2022 as part of a number of changes intended ...
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