NICE Implementation Strategy Group

The Implementation Strategy Group (ISG) helps NICE improve the uptake and adoption of its recommendations across health and social care.

The group advises on evidence‑based approaches, supports strategy development, and contributes expert insight to projects that help organisations put NICE guidance into practice.

NICE's core purpose is to help practitioners and commissioners get the best care to people, fast, while ensuring value for the taxpayer. The ISG help ensure that NICE supports evidence based healthcare with evidence based implementation support.

What the group does

The ISG:

• advising on evidence-based approaches to improve uptake and adoption of NICE recommendations

• supporting the development and revision of NICE’s implementation strategy

• engaging in projects within NICE’s Uptake and Adoption Strategy, aligned with core objectives

• providing expertise in areas such as system improvement, implementation and behavioural change science, and evaluation methodologies.

How members are involved

Members may take part in projects that focus on:

• establishing a single programme of support for guidance uptake

• implementing a refreshed stakeholder engagement approach

• improving use of uptake insights and system intelligence

• producing guidance with uptake in mind. 

Who we’re looking for

Members currently include academic and senior leaders from across health and social care.

We are particularly interested in people with experience in:

• patient safety team within an NHS trust

• NHS service commissioner

• public health service NHS provider

• medicines pharmacy lead within a trust

• quality improvement and compliance lead within an NHS trust.

If you would like more information, please email Nationalimplementation@nice.org.uk.