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This document summarises the responses to the consultation on proposed amendments to the NICE regulations to give ministers a power to set the cost-effectiveness threshold that NICE uses in its evaluations. It sets out the government鈥檚 response to the feedback received, and outlines the policy decisions reached.

The and were laid on 3 March 2026 alongside the publication of this consultation response. The amended regulations:

• give ministers a limited power of direction to set the standard cost-effectiveness threshold that NICE uses in the development of guidance, including technology appraisal and highly specialised technology evaluation recommendations
• remove the requirement for NICE to consult on changes to its procedures where these result from a ministerial direction

The amended regulations will come into force on 24 March 2026.