Diary: April 2008

NICE expects to consult on the following documents between 26 March and 22 April:

Scopes:

• Mental wellbeing of children in secondary education (28 March to 25 April 2008)
• Transient loss of consciousness (3 April to 1 May 2008)
• Alcohol use disorders in adults and adolescents (4 April to 2 May 2008)
• Alcohol use disorders (4 April to 2 May 2008)
• Delirium (16 April to 14 May 2008)
• Critical illness rehabilitation (17 April to 15 May 2008)

Draft consultation:

• Laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer (27 March to 24 April 2008)
• Surgical site infection (22 April to 16 June 2008)
• Direct skeletal fixation of limb prostheses using an intraosseous transcutaneous implant (27 March to 24 April 2008)
• Brachytherapy as the sole method of adjuvant radiotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer after local excision (27 March to 4 April 2008)

Other guidance development milestones between 26 March and 22 April:

Call for stakeholder registration:

• None

Stakeholder meetings:

• Alcohol use disorders in adults and adolescents (9 April 2008)
• Mental wellbeing of children in secondary education (10 April 2008)

Final scopes:

• None

Final consultations:

• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - pegaptanib and ranibizumab (1 to 15 April 2008)

Appeals to be heard:

• Ankylosing spondylitis - adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab (31 March 2008)
• Ischaemic heart disease - coronary artery stents (14 April 2008)