NICE Guidance Mr. Burstow To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the savings to the NHS budget that are likely to be made following National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on drug treatments since its inception, broken down by individual guidance type; and if she will make a statement. Caroline Flint Each technology appraisal and clinical guideline published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) contains an estimate of the cost and savings to the national health service associated with its implementation. The following table lists the guidance where NICE has estimated a potential saving to the NHS in spending on drug treatments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NICE guidance topic |£ million| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Technology appraisal | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Proton pump inhibitors |45 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pioglitazone for type two diabetes |12 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capecitabine and tegafur with uracil for metastatic colorectal cancer|16 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capecitabine for locally advance breast cancer |1.2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Glitazones for type two diabetes (review) |16 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rheumatoid arthritis—anakinra |0.07 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Atopic dermatitis (eczema)—topical steroids |31 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Clinical guideline | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Post-traumatic stress disorder |10.8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Depression in adults |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Depression in children and adolescents |1.98 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tuberculosis |0.13 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Obesity |13.9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |158.08 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------