2006/025 NICE Citizens Council to examine health inequalities

The Citizens Council of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which provides public input into the Institute's work, will hold its next meeting in London from 8 to 10 June 2006. At this meeting, NICE will ask the Citizens Council for its views on how social factors that influence people's health - such as low income, employment status and ethnicity - should be addressed in the development of NICE's guidance. The Citizens Council will hear evidence from speakers covering all aspects of this topic before taking part in thoroughly discussing and deliberating on these issues.