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ng and local implementation, they add.

This situation highlights our central argument, that as NICE guidance provides no extra funding or any suggestion of which services to cut, medical professionals ultimately have to make these decisions.

Political pressure, patient advocacy and media hyperbole should not be the determinant of who is treated and with what, they argue. In NICE we have an established system, but it is currently creating more problems than solutions.

They believe that NICE should be given responsibility to decide what should be cut to fund newly recommended technologies or the ability to allocate extra funds for implementation, or both.
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Source:BMJ-British Medical Journal


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