HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Monday 16 November 2020

NICE Methods Guide….it’s changing!

Well, almost. Proposals are out for consultation.  The consultation document is 62 pages long…6 pages of intro, 10 page summary, 6 pages of questions, 40 pages of detail.  There’s also a one hour webinar coming up.  But if all of that is too much, here’s our handy summary:

  • End of life is out
  • Severity and inequalities are in as factors that could modify the threshold ICER
  • Greater emphasis on real world data and expert elicitation
  • 5L mapping using the DSU tool
  • EVPI is routine…but not mandatory?
  • Potential role for ‘cost comparison analysis’….cost-minimisation analysis

And if that’s too much for all you busy pharma company executives out there, just lower your prices and you won’t have any problems.

Details and registration for a webinar on the 25th November are available here.


Simon Dixon