Question follow-through · 124117
Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to ensure any changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold are subject to parliamentary and public scrutiny.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans are in place to ensure any changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) cost-effectiveness threshold are subject to parliamentary and public scrutiny.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has implemented a new cost-effectiveness threshold in its technology appraisals of £25,000 to £35,000 which is an increase from the previous threshold of £20,000 to £30,000. The new threshold is...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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General Practitioners: Contracts
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