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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence severity modifier.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence severity modifier.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

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  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is responsible for developing the methods and processes that its independent committees use in their evaluations, independently and in consultation with stakeholders. The severity modifier is ba...

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