About this briefing

About this briefing

Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision-making by clinicians, managers and procurement professionals.

Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.

Development of this briefing

This briefing was developed for NICE by King's Technology Evaluation Centre. The interim process and methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality-assured and approved for publication.

Project team

King's Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC)

Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme, NICE

Peer reviewers and contributors

  • Anastasia Chalkidou, Senior Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC

  • Kate Goddard, Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC

  • Lamprini Kaftantzi, Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC

  • Stephen Keevil, Director, KiTEC

  • Cornelius Lewis, Director, KiTEC

  • Viktoria McMillan, Centre Manager, KiTEC

  • Darshan Zala, Research Associate, KiTEC

Specialist commentators

The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:

  • Stephen Pereira, Consultant Gastroenterologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Massimiliano di Pietro, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Gastrointestinal Pathology Lead, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Declarations of interest

No relevant interests declared.

Copyright

© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2016. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not-for-profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.

ISBN: 978-1-4731-1952-9