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Creating a committee to examine the evidence, but then ignoring it, is a waste of a committee and risks wasting public money that could be better spent elsewhere. The UK… Click to show full abstract
Creating a committee to examine the evidence, but then ignoring it, is a waste of a committee and risks wasting public money that could be better spent elsewhere. The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) is the screening equivalent of NICE. As an organisation it is thorough, evidence based, and balanced in describing harms as well as benefits. It even reaches my complimentary status of “boring.” It regularly reviews evidence and publishes conclusions. It does not currently recommend lung cancer screening.1 And yet: press coverage has excitedly described new lung cancer screening, which has been commissioned in some areas of mid-England. The University Hospital of South Manchester put out a press …
Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2017
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