The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Amendment) Regulations 2026

These Regulations amend the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and NHS England (Functions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/259) (“2013 Regulations”). The purpose of these amendments is to introduce a power for the Secretary of State to direct the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) with regard to the cost-effectiveness threshold NICE is to apply to health technologies when carrying out technology appraisals under regulation 7 of the 2013 Regulations or appraising highly specialised health technologies under regulation 8 of the 2013 Regulations.