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SMC Evaluation Project Laura McIver, Dr Paul Catchpole, On behalf of SMC Evaluation Management Group ABPI Conference, 17 th November 2006. Remit of Evaluation. To assess the impact and effectiveness of SMC Advice in NHS Scotland
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SMC Evaluation Project Laura McIver, Dr Paul Catchpole, On behalf of SMC Evaluation Management Group ABPI Conference, 17th November 2006
Remit of Evaluation • To assess the impact and effectiveness of SMC Advice in NHS Scotland • To inform Scottish practice around managed introduction of new medicines • To contribute to the wider understanding of organisations that assess new technologies
Project Team Links SMC Management group SMC reference group Project team: Bill Ramsay Marion Bennie Corri Black Vicky Cairns Sharon Hems Samuel Oduro NHS/Industry Groups/Networks
Industry and Organisations represented on the Reference Group • Martin Coombes, AstraZeneca • Andrew McGuigan, Janssen-Cilag • Jim Swift, Takeda • Patient and Public Representative • Bipolar Fellowship Scotland • HIV Scotland • NHS ADTCs / Chief Executive / Director of Finance • University Academics • Scottish Executive Health Department
Programme Elements SMC Evaluation Programme Impact of SMC decisions on medicines utilisation across the health care system. Evaluation of SMC budget forecasts with resource usage within NHS Scotland over time Evaluation of SMC’s engagement with key stakeholders Supporting linkage of clinical information and medicines utilisation data
Classification of Medicines Accepted Restricted Unique Not Recommended Antimicrobials Cancer Data Sources and Collection • Primary care • - Information Services Division • Secondary Care • Pharmacy Systems and Clinicians • Pharmaceutical Industry • Data (either per month or per quarter) • volume/amount issued • total cost/expenditure for the medicine • no. of patients prescribed the medicine Medicine Utilisation Sample from each group selected. Reviewed and verified by clinical networks and Reference Group
Medicine Utilisation Data Sources and Collection Analysis of data and draft report Validation and Interpretation via Clinical Networks, ADTC Networks, Reference Group and Industry Issue report
Not Recommended Medicinesin Primary Care Restricted approval by NICE Not Recommended by SMC Note: GIC obtained from Prescribing Information System for Scotland (PRISMS)
Outputs • Scottish patients access to individual medicines reviewed by SMC • Qualitative and quantitative data • Generic key findings / learnings • Recommendation next steps and actions
SMC Evaluation Programme Evaluation of SMC’s engagement with key stakeholders. Patient and Public Involvement Sub-Group (PAPIG) Pharmaceutical Industry NHS ADTC role and processes reviewed Key themes identified Opportunity exists to share experience and identify examples of good practice Scottish Centre for Social Research
Engagement with Industry • Industry can provide the project with important additional medicines uptake datasets: • Secondary care • Primary care • To support both primary analysis (mainly secondary care) and to cross validate and supplement existing NHS datasets • Evidence collection template (quantitative and qualitative data) presently being finalised for issue to companies
Summary • Work programme progressing well and to plan • Challenges around data collection which can partially be addressed by engagement of industry • Validation and interpretation needs to be robust • Contextual qualitative evidence also required to support the quantitative information gathered • ABPI and industry support crucial to the project