10 November 2020 - From its inception in 1999, NICE committed to including the expertise, experiences, and perspectives of lay people, patients and carers, and patient organisations in its health technology assessments. 

This is a story of patient involvement in health technology assessment: from early methods designed for use when assessing medicines, widening to address the different requirements of health technology assessments for interventional procedures, medical technologies, and diagnostic technologies.

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