Press releases

The NICE press team issues press releases on all published Clinical Guidelines, Technology Appraisals, and Public Health guidance, as well as for consultations on draft guidance and other news from NICE. Press releases are usually issued under embargo on the day before they are published on the website. If you are a journalist and would like to be added to our mailing list, please send an email to pressoffice@nice.org.uk or call the press team on 0845 003 7782.

• NICE adds two new indications to guidance on somatropin to treat growth failure in children
  18/03/2010
• NICE invites stakeholders to comment on 2011/12 Quality Outcomes Framework
  15/03/2010
• NICE draft guidance proposes treatment options for psoriatic arthritis
  15/03/2010
• Childhood bedwetting: Draft guidance from NICE out today
  11/03/2010
• NICE publishes first evidence-based draft guidelines on Barrett’s oesophagus - ablative therapy
  10/03/2010
• Draft guidance from NICE hopes to help people with motor neurone disease breathe more easily
  4/03/2010
• NICE set to recommend rituximab for relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
  4/03/2010
• NICE asks for more data on new drug for rheumatoid arthritis
  4/03/2010
• NICE appraisal of azacitidine for myelodysplastic syndromes
  4/03/2010
• NICE recommends infliximab and adalimumab for the treatment of severe, active Crohn’s disease
  4/03/2010
• NICE consults on draft recommendations for treating rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with a TNF inhibitor has failed
  3/03/2010
• New NICE guidance on school-based methods to prevent children and young people smoking
  24/02/2010
• New NICE guidance set to help people with rheumatoid arthritis
  24/02/2010
• NICE instructs NHS on new drug for advanced soft tissue sarcoma
  24/02/2010
• New NICE guideline aims to promote consistent safety standards for donor breast milk
  24/02/2010
• NICE consults on draft recommendations on weight management in pregnancy and after childbirth
  18/02/2010
• NICE opens consultation to improve care for pregnant women with complex social factors
  15/02/2010
• Looking after the looked-after: draft guidance aims to improve the quality of life for looked-after children and young people
  15/02/2010
• NICE appraisal of liraglutide for type 2 diabetes mellitus
  15/02/2010
• NICE award for West Midlands sight-saving service
  11/02/2010
• NICE welcomes Sir Michael Marmot's Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post 2010
  11/02/2010
• NICE consults on preliminary decision not to recommend everolimus for advanced renal cell carcinoma
  09/02/2010
• NICE appraisal of dasatinib and nilotinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia
  09/02/2010
• NICE welcomes topic suggestions for QOF
  08/02/2010
• NICE announces chair of new diagnostics advisory committee
  04/02/2010
• NICE Citizens Council report on harm reduction in smoking published
  01/02/2010
• NICE’s original guidance on preventing fractures due to osteoporosis still stands following challenge
  29/01/2010
• New NICE guideline on blood clot prevention will help save thousands of lives
  27/01/2010
• NICE responds to weight-reducing surgery concerns
  21/01/2010
• NICE draft guidance set to help people with rheumatoid arthritis
  21/01/2010
• NICE publishes draft recommendations on the management of chronic heart failure in adults
  14/01/2010
• National audit launched to investigate the management of the open abdomen
  06/01/2010
• NICE appraisal of dasatinib and nilotinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia
  05/01/2010
• NICE calls for greater support for those returning to work
  04/01/2010