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History

Stakeholder list updated

Stakeholder list (PDF 88 KB)

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06 April 2016

Consultation comments published

Consultation comments and responses (PDF 312 KB)

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06 April 2016

Equality and health inequalities assessment

Equality impact assessment (PDF 269 KB)

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28 January 2016

Draft guidance consultation

Draft guidance consultation
Short version of draft guideline (PDF 286 KB)

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12 October 2015
Comments form (MSWord 61 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices a (PDF 811 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices b (PDF 464 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices c (PDF 602 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices d (PDF 331 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices e (PDF 428 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices f (PDF 320 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices g (PDF 814 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices h (PDF 854 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices i (PDF 1022 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices j (PDF 796 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices k (PDF 661 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices l (PDF 1.87 MB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices m (PDF 516 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices n (PDF 346 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices o (PDF 481 KB)

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12 October 2015
Guideline appendices p (PDF 293 KB)

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12 October 2015
Draft guideline (PDF 2.55 MB)

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12 October 2015

Committee list updated

Committee member list (PDF 13 KB)

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28 January 2016

Committee meetings

Committee meeting
Minutes 1 (PDF 46 KB)

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13 June 2014
Minutes 2 (PDF 29 KB)

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29 July 2014
Minutes 3 (PDF 29 KB)

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19 September 2014
Minutes 4 (PDF 37 KB)

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11 November 2014
Minutes 5 (PDF 34 KB)

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20 January 2015
Minutes 6 (PDF 92 KB)

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24 February 2015
Minutes 7 (PDF 106 KB)

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30 June 2015
Minutes 8 (PDF 105 KB)

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10 July 2015
Minutes 9 (PDF 92 KB)

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15 December 2015

Guideline development and evidence search

Guideline development and evidence search
Review questions
Review questions (PDF 197 KB)

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03 September 2015
Search strategies
Search strategies (PDF 851 KB)

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03 September 2015
Health economic plan
Health economic plan (PDF 62 KB)

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03 September 2015

Scope consultation and final scope

Scope consultation and final scope
Scope consultation information
Draft scope
Draft scope (PDF 197 KB)

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03 March 2014
Scoping workshop notes
Scoping workshop notes (PDF 229 KB)

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28 February 2014
stakeholder organisation
List of registered stakeholders (PDF 28 KB)

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03 September 2015
Final scope
Final scope (PDF 206 KB)

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01 December 2014
Scoping equality impact assessment
Scoping equality impact assessment (PDF 223 KB)

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12 May 2014
Scope consultation comments table
Scope consultation comments table (PDF 249 KB)

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06 May 2014