Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78411

Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the NICE cost effectiveness threshold.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Life Sciences Sector Plan states that future changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE’s) methods and processes can be considered where they are evidence based, financially sustainable, and represent value to the taxpaye...

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