{"value":{"id":1602201,"askingMemberId":4130,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","uin":"HL6213","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) plans to consult stakeholders on its plans for Equality and Health Inequalities Impact Assessment in technology appraisals of medicines and medical technology products.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4948,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-03-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE's) methods and processes of health technology evaluation include key considerations of equality and established flexibilities to consider health inequalities where relevant. NICE's methods are well established and have been extensively consulted on, most recently ahead of the updated publication in January 2022.</p><p>NICE's improved approach to considering and addressing health inequalities are built on an extensive programme of work, including broad engagement across the stakeholder community and with the public. As part of this work, NICE is making operational improvements, to ensure considerations of health inequalities are efficiently implemented in practice and clearly documented. Expansion of the existing Equalities Impact Assessment to include Health Inequalities is one such operational improvement and does not require formal consultation.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Medical Equipment: Disadvantaged","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1602201","method":"GET"}]}