Table 1

SMC and NICE times to guidance by year

	SMC			NICE
Year	Number	Median (months)	Range (months)	Total	Median (months)	Range (months)	MTAs	Median (months)	Range (months)	STAs	Median (months)	Range (months)
2000	NA			4	14	4–19	4	14	4–19	NA	NA	NA
2001	NA			4	13	3–17	4	13	3–17	NA	NA	NA
2002	23	5	1–23	11	18	9–29	11	18	9–29	NA	NA	NA
2003	57	7	1–30	10	34	7–46	10	34	7–46	NA	NA	NA
2004	59	8	1–32	13	22	2–35	13	22	2–35	NA	NA	NA
2005	71	8	1–29	2	11	3–19	2	11	3–19	NA	NA	NA
2006	94	6	1–44	21	21	6–77	19	21	6–77	2	19	17–20
2007	84	7	1–24	19	26	9–58	9	35	24–58	10	24.5	9–41
2008	72	7	1–30	21	26	2–60	11	36	2–60	10	12.5	5–37
2009	66	7	1–24	21	20	4–46	8	28.5	20–46	13	8	4–38
2010	30	10	1–30	4	29.5	4–35	1	35	NA	3	29	4–30

MTA, multiple technology assessments; NA, not applicable; NICE, National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence; SMC, Scottish Medicines Consortium; STA, single technology assessment.