Speeches

Colleen Fletcher – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Colleen Fletcher on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the outcomes of NHS England’s clinical policy prioritisation process for specialised services; and if he will make a statement.

David Mowat

The Clinical Priorities Advisory Group assesses drugs, medical devices and treatments according to their clinical effectiveness benefit for patients and value for money. When doing this it follows the published procedure which was subject to recent public consultation. This can be found at the following address:

https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/investment-decisions/supporting_documents/consultationguide.pdf

NHS England has given a commitment to review the learning from the 2016/17 process to inform future years.