To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 96910 on National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, how many oncology technical appraisals have been rescheduled in the last six months directly as a result of NICE operational challenges; and what the average time taken has been to reschedule those appraisals.
Answered on
31 January 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has rescheduled one appraisal of an oncology technology in the last six months for operational reasons. NICE’s appraisal of pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy for neoadjuvant treatment of triple negative breast cancer has been delayed by approximately three months due to the volume of topics in its work programme. NICE’s final guidance is expected to be published in November 2022.