Sentence examples for nice committee from inspiring English sources
David Sloan, co-chair of the Nice committee which developed the guidance, published on Thursday, said: "Doctors, nurses and other health staff prevent and treat illnesses every day but we are suggesting that thinking about the health effects of cold homes is also their business.
This was shown specifically by a crossover arm in a UFT/LV trial (Borner et al, 2002), but has also been reported in other studies, and was repeated by patient representatives advising the NICE committee on guidance recommendations.
Furthermore, after reviewing the quality of evidence for bevacizumab in myopic CNV, the NICE committee concluded that there was insufficient evidence to allow bevacizumab to be included with confidence in a clinical and cost-effectiveness analysis [ 39].
Longer term follow-up will reduce some of the uncertainties arising from short term fluctuations in disability scores and will provide new empirical evidence to confirm or refute some of the assumptions made by the NICE committee when considering the cost effectiveness of disease modifying treatments.
NICE appraisal committees deal with two to three STAs per day, allowing for both public and private sessions.
It might have been nice if the committee chairmen had brought the number down to a slightly more manageable level, but the intense scrutiny is certainly justified.
For the English National Health Service, NICE commissions appraisal committees consisting representatives of relevant stakeholders in the health care system to provide guidance on the technology under investigation [ 28].
In a preliminary ruling in August, a committee from NICE agreed.
BioMarin's decision to stop supplying Long came as an independent committee advising Nice suggested that the clinical benefits of Vimizin, which can cost up to £395,000 a year, may have been overstated.
Youth input to the reform process is important because while an advisory committee is nice, the best way to address any of the problems noted above is for young people to have their say through an election.
