Ministerial power grab could ‘undermine NICE independence’

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The government plans to take direct control of the cost effectiveness thresholds used by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, in an unprecedented move its own impact assessment says could “undermine the independence” of the standards setting organisation.

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