Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74495

Diseases: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Amanda Hack

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the potential impact on carers is taken into account in NICE’s health technology appraisal decisions.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) technology appraisal process allows its independent committees to take societal benefits, such as health-related quality-of-life for carers and impacts on personal social services, into accoun...

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