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<p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an independent
body and is responsible for the decision-making processes that it operates.</p><p>NICE’s
Topic Selection Oversight Panel (TSOP) is responsible for the selection of topics
for guidance development in the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation. The group
considers the available evidence as well as clinical and patient insights to apply
the medicines and highly specialised technologies criteria and decide whether to route
medicines to the technology appraisal or highly specialised technologies programmes,
or to deselect the topic. The TSOP’s membership includes lay members to provide the
perspective of patients, people who use services and carers in the selection and routing
of topics. It also includes members with responsibility for providing clinical insights
and expertise.</p>
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