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Consultation on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's social values judgements — summary
Corporate Author	Age Concern England - ACE
Publisher	Age Concern England - ACE, London, March 2008
Pages	2 pp (Policy response - ref: 0608(S))
Source	Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. Download document at http://www.ageconcern.org.uk
Keywords	National Health Service ; Drugs ; Rights [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; Age Concern ; Comments or Evidence submitted.
Annotation	The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has developed a draft second edition of its social values judgements for public consultation. These describe the principles NICE should follow in developing guidelines, for example on drugs, the safety of procedures, and treatment of care of people with specific conditions (e.g. dementia). Age Concern England (ACE) believes that the proposed social values judgements do not fulfil NICE's legal obligations, do not promote age equality, and confuse scientific and social values. Among ACE's other recommendations is that the document should be amended to ensure that NICE's responsibility to consider both health and social care costs when deciding on cost-effectiveness. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080415009 P
Classmark	L4: LLD: IKR: TOB: TM2: PT: 6PM *
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