Policies and procedures
NICE policies and procedures are listed below. The month and year in brackets indicates the date of issue or revision.
- Bullying and harassment (October 2008)
- Code of practice for declaring and dealing with conflicts of interest (October 2008)
- Complaints policy and procedure (October 2008)
- Counter fraud policy and response plan (April 2004)
- Data protection policy (August 2009)
- Disciplinary policy and procedure (incorporating suspension guidelines) (May 2006)
- Please note that 'Formal verbal warning' as outlined in Section 4 Disciplinary procedure diagram (page 7) and sections, 7.2.1, 7.2.2 (page 11 - 12) is no longer an available sanction for a disciplinary panel to recommend.
- Please note the following addendum replaces Appendix 5 of the above policy: Addendum - disciplinary hearing process flow-chart (added 23 November 2010) - Equality and diversity policy (January 2010)
- Flexible working policy (December 2006)
- Please note the following addendum replaces section 1.13 of the above policy: addendum to flexible working policy - Freedom of Information Act 2000 policy (August 2004)
- Grievance policy (August 2006)
- Grievance hearing process flow chart (this addendum replaces Section 4.1 ‘Formal process' of the Grievance and dispute policy above) - Home working policy (December 2006)
- Home working policy addendum (this addendum replaces section 5.5 - 5.7 of the Homeworking policy above) - Hospitality policy
- Information Charter (May 2012)
- Leave Policy
- Other absence request form
- Management of change (January 2008)
- Management of change appeals procedure (April 2005)
- Managing guidance consultation comments (February 2008)
- NICE identity guidelines
- On-call or emergency callout outside working hours (October 2005)
- Overtime outside normal working hours (October 2005)
- Performance management (March 2006)
- Policy review procedure (August 2009)
- Protocol for managing guidance consultation comments (July 2008)
- Records management policy (May 2009)
- Recruitment and retention premium (March 2006)
- Recruitment and selection procedure (January 2007)
- Reservation of powers to the Board and scheme of delegation (March 2011)
- Risk Management Policy (May 2012)
- Standing financial instructions (March 2012)
- Standing orders (March 2012)
- Travel and Subsistence for non-staff from 1 July 2011 (June 2011)
- Travel and Subsistence for staff from 1 July 2011 (June 2011)
- Whistleblowing policy (October 2007)
This page was last updated: 16 August 2011
