Different processes are used to develop technology appraisal guidance. You can view these process types, along with brief descriptions and links to timelines for each of them on this page.
Our methods and processes (health technology evaluation manual)
Our health technology evaluation manual explains how we carry out health technology evaluations.
It includes both the processes we use and the methods, as well as the principles and considerations that go into making recommendations.
Our health technology evaluation manual covers:
how we choose medicines and other health technologies to evaluate (topic selection)
the steps and stages in each evaluation (our processes)
how we collect and consider evidence (our methods).
On this page, you'll find all our modular updates relating to our technology appraisal guidance.
We applied light-touch, faster evaluations to simpler low-risk decisions.This allows us to produce rapid guidance for these topics. It also makes sure we continue to have enough time for complex areas that need tailored support.
Before 2022, we used different processes for assessing technologies. You can view the process types, along with brief descriptions for each of them, on this page.