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  Patients and the public

  We know our guidance has a big impact on patients, carers and the public - so we involve you in every stage of our guidance development.

  Find out how you can get involved

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  Tell us what you think

  We run consultations that allow interested organisations and members of the public to comment on all of our guidance in draft format, before it is finalised. Have your say today.

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  We are committed to involving professionals, patients, carers and the public in the development of our guidance.

  You can help shape the recommendations we make by joining one of our committees.

  Apply online today.

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• Current NICE Consultations

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• • Acute upper GI bleeding:

    Guideline consultation

    December 13, 2011 - February 14, 2012

  • Gene expression profiling and expanded immunohistochemistry tests to guide selection of chemotherapy regimes in breast cancer management - MammaPrint, Oncotype DX, IHC4 and Mammostrat:

    Diagnostics consultation

    February 3, 2012 - February 24, 2012

  • Prostate cancer (metastatic, castration resistant) - abiraterone (following cytoxic therapy):

    Appraisal consultation

    February 2, 2012 - February 23, 2012

  • COF indicators

    Commissioning outcomes framework indicators

    February 1, 2012 - February 29, 2012

• • Join a NICE committee

  • NICE committees and working groups are made up of health and other professionals, patients, carers and members of the public, and technical experts.
  • Current vacancies

  • Quality standards

  • NHS is developing and defining the standards of healthcare that people can expect to receive. These standards will indicate when a clinical treatment (or set of clinical procedures) is considered highly effective, cost effective and safe as well as being viewed as a positive experience by patients.

  • Read more about quality standards

  • Qualtity and outcomes framework (QOF)

  • NHS oversees the development of indicators used to shwo that GPs should be rewarded for providing good quality clinical care and for helping to improve people's health. These indicators are part of the quality and outcomes framework (QOF), a voluntary incentive scheme for GP practices in the UK.

  • Read more about QOF

Patients and public

• Developing our guidance with you:

  Find out how you can suggest a topic and how you can help us develop guidance.

  • Suggest a topic
  • Help develop guidance
  • Our guidance in development

• How we involve patients and the public

  Our Patient and Public involvement Programme welcomes your contribution.

  • Our patient involvement policy
  • Our quality scheme
  • Our Patient and Public Involvement Programme

• Putting our guidance into practice

  Find out how to put NICE guidance into practice, and how you can help.

  • Benefits of putting our guidance into practice
  • Your care

• Lay members' perspectives

  Our lay members share their thoughts on what it's like being part of a group that develops our guidance.

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