To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on proposals to incorporate input from NHS England into the NICE technology appraisal process when determining treatment criteria.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure patient groups contribute to the development of treatment criteria for NICE approved treatments in the future.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and is responsible for determining the processes it uses in the development of its guidance.

NICE has advised that it has no plans to consult on changes to its processes as it has been able to use its existing structures to ensure NHS England’s intended commissioning criteria are included within the appraisal process. NICE’s existing technology appraisal process that was updated in April 2018 already allows input from NHS England at various points.

Patient groups that are registered stakeholders participating in each technology appraisal will be able to provide their views on NHS England’s proposed commissioning criteria as part of the technical engagement step. Where applicable, all patient groups and individual patients have the opportunity to comment during consultation on an appraisal consultation document.