Advice
About this briefing
Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision‑making by clinicians, managers and procurement professionals.
Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.
Development of this briefing
This briefing was developed for NICE by King's Technology Evaluation Centre. The interim process & methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality‑assured and approved for publication.
Project team
King's Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC)
Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme, NICE
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Anastasia Chalkidou, Senior Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC
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Kate Goddard, Health Technology Assessor
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Naomi Herz, Health Technology Assessor and Health Economist, KiTEC
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Stephen Keevil, Director, KiTEC
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Cornelius Lewis, Director, KiTEC
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Viktoria McMillan, Centre Manager, KiTEC
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Mark Slade, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Anastasios Lekkas, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
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Rajesh Shah, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
Declarations of interest
No relevant interests declared.
Copyright
© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2015. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not‑for‑profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.
ISBN: 978‑1‑4731‑1429‑6