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Parliament: Cochlear Implants & National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence
Posted: May 12th, 2008, 1:13pm BST
Last week there was a debate in parliament about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Within this debate, there was reference made to cochlear implants, and wider benefits not being factored or measured when making a budgetary argument. This suggestion was made by the RNID: Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat) ... That might be a little unfair, but many patient groups feel that they are treated unfairly and that wider benefits are not fully taken into account. It would help the public accept some of the decisions more readily if they were reassured that such factors had been taken into account. The then Minister of State, Department of Health, who ...