NCPE initiatives to engage patient communitiesClaire Gorry, BSc. Pharm, MPSI

IPPOSI HTA training day, 26th July 2016

National Centre for PharmacoeconomicsNCPE Ireland

Patient Submission TemplateProvide an opportunity to include the patient voice in the decision making process.

Pilot of template currently under wayAvailable from www.ncpe.ieFeedback on template to the NCPE is welcome

Completing the submission Forms may only be submitted by patient

groups, not individual patients. MAX 6 pages Return to NCPE within three months of the

HTA start date, available on NCPE website

Email as a Word document (not PDF) to info@ncpe.ie

What happens next? The NCPE will include the following

sections in their final report to the HSE-CPU

Q9 and Q10 Financial disclosures Q18 Summary of key aspects of

submission Any other information deemed relevant by

the NCPE

What to focus on….

Section 1 Details of the Organisation-compulsorySection 2-Experience of patients, carers and their families-compulsory

These sections are not submission specific and can be completed in advance of a planned submission.

What to focus on…

Section 3-the difference the new medicine may makeAdvantages and disadvantages of the new treatment compared to current treatmentHow will the new medicine address the unmet need specified in Section 2?

Examples

Q12 -‘focus groups and public meetings with patients, carers and their families’Q13- ‘no longer able to work…impact financially, socially, emotionally’Q14- ‘access to diagnostics…long waiting lists for public patients’

What to focus on….

Section 4-SummaryQ18 included in the NCPE report to the HSE-CPU, so summarise all the key messages here.