Next steps
The proposed approach is transitional.
After NICE receives a direction from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to change NICE's standard cost-effectiveness threshold, the relevant manuals and NICE principle 7 will be updated with an editorial change. NICE's committees will use the new standard threshold in any committee meetings that take place from the date that the manual has been changed.
If NICE does not receive a direction from the DHSC in a timely manner, the standard cost-effectiveness threshold will stay at its current level of £20,000 to £30,000 and the statement of intent will be retired. Any topics that were paused under this approach to wait for the new threshold will be restarted and guidance published using the current threshold. NICE will engage closely with the DHSC and our stakeholders throughout, to anticipate and mitigate potential disruption and delays in such a scenario.
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