To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she expects NICE to update its guidelines on endometriosis care and research.
Answered on
7 September 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent body responsible for whether its published guidelines should be updated in light of new evidence or emerging issues not in the scope of the original guideline. NICE maintains surveillance of new evidence which may affect its published guidance and would consult on proposed changes with a wide range of stakeholders if significant new evidence were to emerge.
NICE carried out a review of its endometriosis guideline in 2021 which was amended to highlight that those patients with endometriosis outside the pelvic cavity should be referred to a specialist endometriosis centre. In light of the continued interest in this topic, NICE is now undertaking a further review of its guideline.