Lord Black of Brentwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2016-04-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who is responsible for developing and updating clinical guidance on the treatment of men with erectile dysfunction in England.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has included guidance on erectile dysfunction in the following guidelines:

– Chronic heart failure in adults: management (CG108) published in August 2010;
– Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management (NG17) published in August 2015; and
– Type 2 diabetes in adults: management (NG28) published in December 2015.

Copies of these documents are attached.

It is for NHS England to commission NICE to develop a specific clinical guideline on the management and treatment of erectile dysfunction.