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  • Question on Document

    Do you agree NICE should focus on guidance production and maintenance on priority areas (section 5) and these should be reviewed periodically to ensure NICE is supporting what the health and care system needs? If you disagree, please give reason and rationale.

  • Question on Document

    Do you agree that NICE should be transparent about its remit (section 3.12, section 6.1.1 and 6.2)? If you disagree, please give reason and rationale.

  • Question on Document

    Do you think the new process and consideration factors for NICE to propose topics to the Secretary of State for NHAP are robust and transparent (section 4 and Annex A)? If you disagree, please give reason and rationale. Are there any other factors NICE should include to consider?

  • Question on Document

    Do you think the new merged single-stage prioritisation framework is more streamlined and efficient for topic selection? If you disagree, please give reason and rationale.

NICE-wide topic prioritisation: the manual

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Terms used in this manual

Guidance

Evidence-based recommendations produced by NICE. There are 4 types of guidance:

  • guidelines covering clinical topics, medicines practice, public health and social care

  • HealthTech guidance (this includes diagnostics, medical devices, digital technologies and interventional procedures)

  • technology appraisal guidance (this includes medicines and HealthTech including diagnostics, medical devices and digital technologies)

  • highly specialised technologies guidance.

Interventional procedures

Interventional procedure topics cover new or significantly modified procedures that involve making an incision, a puncture or entry into a body cavity, or using ionising, electromagnetic or acoustic energy. They sometimes cover established procedures where safety, efficacy or costs need to be reviewed.

Routing

Decisions on what type of guidance NICE will produce.

Topic or topic area

Health and care issue or issues that require guidance on solutions. The solutions can be a medicine, a diagnostic, a medical technology, an interventional procedure, other interventions (for example, psychological therapy, rehabilitation therapy, exercise programme) or a combination of different interventions.