UK Health Committee issues 3-year report on NICE (UK National Institute for Clinical Excellence):
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
As Clinica went to press, the UK House of Commons Select Committee for Health published its report of the first three years of operation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). The institute's chairman, Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, welcomed the assessment as a thorough, important and positive exercise. "There is much to consider", he said, regarding proposals to reform NICE's approach to what is a "challenging remit". NICE is to discuss the report at its annual general meeting, on July 17; a more detailed response will be agreed at the institute's board meeting, in September.