Dear Colleague,
Some news about the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme
which now appears on the NEW HTA website
http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk
This site is also mirrored on the private NHSnet at the special
URL: http://nww.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk
If you are on the NHSnet and can 'see' our site please let me
know ([log in to unmask]) because we don't have access to the private
NHSnet from the NCCHTA's university-based offices.
‘Call for Proposals’ page.
A special Call for Proposals for 8 priorities appeared appeared
on the 28th May. Details also appeared in the BMJ, Nursing
Times, Research Fortnightly, Official Journal of the European
Communities (OJEC) and on the HTA web site. Deadline for receipt
of Outline Proposals is Friday 23rd July 1999.
You can download the commissioning briefs and an electronic
proposal form from the website or you can ring the special 24
answering service on 01703 595 621 and request to be sent a
Briefing Pack. Alternatively you can fax your request to 01703
595 639
The priority areas are:
Primary Research
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Different ways of delivering contraceptive services to teenagers (97/25)
Informed patient choice in antenatal and neonatal screening (99/03)
Informed patient choice in breast or cervical screening (99/04)
Screening for gestational diabetes (99/09)
Is no follow-up after potentially curative surgery for
colorectal cancer more cost effective than hospital-based
intensive follow-up? (99/10)
Secondary and Methodological Research
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What is the cost effectiveness of trastuzumab therapy for metastatic breast cancer? (99/06)
What is the cost effectiveness of cox2 inhibitors in the treatment of arthritis? (99/07)
Proposal to investigate consumer involvement in R&D in other
related fields (99/11)
‘Publications’ Page.
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Since the last email to this discussion group HTA have published the
following monographs bringing the total published so far to 44:
(Volume 3, number 6) Assessing the costs of healthcare
technologies in clinical trials (1999) K. Johnstone et al
(Volume 3, number 8) Screening for cystic fibrosis (1999) J.
Murray et al
(Volume 3, number 9) A review of the use of health status
measures in economic evaluation s (1999) Brazier et al
(Volume 3, number 12) Assessing the quality of reports of
randomised trials: implications for the conduct of
meta-analyses (1999) D. Moher et al
>From the Publications Page you can:
- view an executive summary or
- order a printed copy (UK public sector employees only) or
- download an electronic version of the full monograph in Adobe Acrobat format.
‘Correspondence’ Page
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This page allows you to give feedback on all HTA monographs, and the
HTA programme in general.
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Phillip Simons
Communications Manager,
NCCHTA, Wessex Institute of Health Research and Development,
Mailpoint 728, University of Southampton, SOUTHAMPTON SO16 7PX
Tel: + 44 (0)1703 595 619 Fax: + 44 (0)1703 595 639
http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk
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