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Patient Interest Groups

Patient Interest Groups are able to collate comments from a number of patients and carers and provide these in the form of a submission of evidence to SMC. These submissions are an important part of the SMC’s assessment process.

To help Patient Interest Groups make effective submissions we provide a submission guide and a submission template. We also provide 3 worked examples previously submitted by Patient Interest Groups as further guidance. If you want to know which new medicines we will be reviewing in the near future, please have a look at our Work Programme section.

• Guide to Making a Submission
• Patient Interest Group Submission Template
• Summary of Information for Patients (Industry)
• Asthma UK Scotland  - Submission Example
• InContact - Submission Example
• Royal National Institute of the Blind and Macular Disease Society
• SMC Work Programme detailing forthcoming medicine reviews
• www.patient.co.uk*

PAPIG aims to provide information, guidance and help for patient groups.  A seminar for patient groups was held in March 2009 and a further seminar is proposed in the first half of 2010.  In the interim, some information presented at the 2009 seminar is attached for information.

S Tunstall James Presentation
A Power Presentation
K Thompson Presentation
B McLaughlan and J Legg Presentation

*Please note that this is just one of many sites providing information about self-help groups. SMC does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content of any such site.