questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 6 of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) health technology evaluations: the manual, published on 31 January 2022, whether she has had discussions with NICE on the potential impact of the severity modifier on technology appraisals for (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other rare diseases.
answerText: Departmental officials regularly discuss a range of issues with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), including in relation to the application of the severity modifier that was introduced in 2022. NICE is responsible for determinin...
heading: Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments