Stakeholder registration

Stakeholder organisations are encouraged to register their interest soon after a new public health guidance topic is published. However, stakeholder organisations can register throughout the development process and contribute from that point onward.

Public health guidance stakeholders

Public health guidance stakeholders are:

• *National public/community/patient/carer/voluntary organisations
• *National organisations representing the public health and healthcare professionals who directly provide the services described in the guidance
• Local government and utilities in England
• Providers and commissioners of health in England
• Companies that manufacture the medicines, interventions or devices used in the public health area and whose interests may be affected by the guidance (commercial stakeholders)
• The Department of Health and other relevant Government departments and agencies
• Statutory organisations including NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Health Protection Agency, National Screening Committee, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, National Patient Safety Agency and the Improvement and Development Agency
• Research organisations and academic institutions that have carried out nationally recognised research in the area
  

*A national stakeholder should be an organisation in England or an organisation with operations in England, as this supports the remit of the Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE( Please note this applies to Public Health Guidance only).

For practical reasons, local patient/carer and professional groups cannot register as stakeholders, and nor can individuals. However, they are encouraged to participate through an appropriate registered stakeholder. The registered stakeholders for each guidance topic are shown on the guidance summary pages.

How to become a stakeholder

Finding out about public health topics

NICE cannot guarantee to notify all organisations that may have an interest in a guidance topic. Potential stakeholders are strongly encouraged to check regularly the list of public health guidance in development.

NICE produces a monthly e-newsletter that gives details of forthcoming guidance, consultations on guidance in progress, and future events. Subscribe to the e-newsletter.

Registering an interest

To register an interest in a particular guidance topic, potential stakeholders should complete a stakeholder interest form. The form asks potential stakeholders to:

• describe their organisation
• indicate who the organisation represents
• outline the contribution the organisation can make to the guidance
• provide contact details for a principal contact

Submitting a stakeholder interest form

Completed forms should be emailed to phguidance@nice.org.uk

NICE will confirm that an organisation has been accepted as a stakeholder. If an organisation does not appear to fit the definition of a stakeholder, registration will not be accepted. Individuals are not accepted as stakeholders.

If you have not received a confirmation within 28 days, contact a Public Health Project Coordinator.

• Public health stakeholder registration form

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