HTA - Health Technology Assessment
The term ‘health technology’ covers a range of methods used to promote health, prevent and treat disease and improve rehabilitation and long term care including:
- Drugs: such as antidepressants, contraceptives, antibiotics
- Devices: such as pacemakers, dialysis machines, hearing aids
- Procedures: such as surgical techniques, acupuncture, counselling
- Settings of care: such as general practice, hospitals, care homes
- Screening: for cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, stroke
Health Technology Assessment asks important questions about these technologies such as:
- when is counselling better than drug treatment for depression?
- what is the best operation for aortic aneurysms?
- should we screen for human papilloma virus when doing cervical smears?
- should aspirin be used for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?
It answers these questions by investigating four main factors:
- whether the technology works
- for whom
- at what cost
- how it compares with the alternatives
Funding deadlines:
- Thursday 7 October 2010 – 1pm with a topic focus on learning disabilities*
For further information please see the links on the right.