If you want to know which methodological issues are bothering NICE about their Technology Appraisal Programme, then having a look at what the DSU is doing is a good start. The DSU, based in HEDS is currently involved in work in the following areas:
- New Technical Support Documents (TSDs) in partitioned survival analysis and in the calibration of treatment effects
- Quality assurance of models which inform NICE Technology Appraisals
Further information is available
here.