What we do
NICE produces guidance on public health, health technologies and clinical practice. Each guidance area is the responsibility of one of our three centres of excellence:
Centre for Public Health Excellence
The Centre for Public Health Excellence develops public health guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health.
Centre for Health Technology Evaluation
The Centre for Health Technology Evaluation develops technology appraisals and interventional procedures guidance.
- Technology appraisals are recommendations on the use of new and existing medicines and treatments within the NHS.
- Interventional procedure guidance evaluates the safety and efficacy of such procedures where they are used for diagnosis or treatment.
- Evaluation Pathway Programme for Medical Technologies is a programme focusing specifically on the evaluation of innovative medical technologies (including devices and diagnostics).
Centre for Clinical Practice
The Centre for Clinical Practice develops clinical guidelines. These are recommendations, based on the best available evidence, on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions.
Read more about how NICE guidance sets the standard for good healthcare.
Supporting implementation
NICE supports the implementation of its guidance by engaging stakeholders, patients and the public in the selection of topics and in the guidance development process. In addition, NICE provides a range of resources - such as slide sets and tools to estimate the local cost of implementing guidance - to help practitioners put guidance into practice.