19 March 2008 - NICE public Board meeting and 'NICE Public Health question time - Kent: Introducing the NICE public health work programme'

NICE Board meetings are held across England and Wales every 2 months. The Board meetings are open to all NHS staff, as well as members of the public. Questions are taken from the floor after each item and attendees have the opportunity to meet the Board of NICE prior to, and following, the meeting.

With NICE now producing guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention of ill health, and with guidance being issued on a number of key public health topics - including smoking cessation and substance misuse, the floor will now be open, not only to those working in the NHS, but also to those with public health responsibilities, including local authorities, transport, education and the voluntary sector.

March's Board meeting will focus on the work of our Centre for Public Health Excellence with:

NICE Public Health Question Time - Kent
Introducing the NICE public health work programme

The Question Time session precedes the Board Meetings.

Professor Mike Kelly, Director for the Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE, will give a brief presentation introducing the NICE public health work programme followed by a short presentation from Dr Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive and Implementation Director at NICE. Attendees will have an opportunity to put their questions to Mike Kelly and other members of the board.

The public Board meeting and NICE Question Time is taking place on Wednesday 19 March 2008.

NICE Question Time is only open to NHS staff and those working in the public health sector.

NICE Public Health Question Time - Kent

• Open to Public Health and NHS staff ONLY
• Time: 12.30-1.45pm
• Lunch is provided from 12 noon.
• See what questions were put to the NICE Board, and the responses they gave, at NICE Question Time - Sheffield

NICE Board Meeting

• Time: 2.00pm

Venue: Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2BT

Board papers

• Agenda for Board Meeting - 19 March 2008
• Item 1 - Unconfirmed minutes of the meeting 16 January 2008
• Item 2 - Chief Executive's report March 2008
• Item 3 - Business Plan 2008/9
• Item 4 - Strategic Plan 2008 - 2011
• Item 5 - Guidelines manual for consultation - cover paper
• Item 5.1 - Guidelines manual for consultation - draft manual
• Item 6 - Appraisal advice project evaluation report
• Item 6.1 - Appraisal advice project cover paper
• Item 6.2 - Appraisal advice project evaluation report - ABPI response
• Item 7 - DSU review of the STA process Board report
• Item 7.1 - DSU review of the STA process Board report Appendix 1
• Item 8 - Institute response to the report of the Health Select Committee
• Item 8.1 - Government response to the report of the Health Select Committee
• Item 9 - Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
• Item 10 - Amendments to NICE Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation
• Item 11 - Implementation Systems Directorate progress report
• Item 12 - Business Planning and Resources Directorate progress report
• Item 13 - Centre for Health Technology Evaluation progress report
• Item 14 - Centre for Public Health Excellence progress report
• Item 15 - Clinical and Public Health Directorate progress report
• Item 16 - Communications Directorate progress report
• Item 17 - Centre for Clinical Practice progress report