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Review clinical and cost-effectiveness of specialised treatments.
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Evidence summaries (10)
Review the best available evidence for selected medicines.
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News on this topic
Positive healthcare experience for babies, children and young people essential to their wellbeing
New guideline from NICE recommends ensuring children and young people are fully informed about their health so that they are empowered to take an active role in their healthcare.
Children and young people with severe complex needs require coordinated health, social and education services, says NICE in draft guideline
NICE has today (2 August 2021) opened consultation on its draft guideline on disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs. The draft guideline will support joined up and coordinated health, social and education services for these people and their families.
Shared Learning Awards 2020: Winner announced
Virtual ceremony sees a project from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust voted winning submission
Blogs on this topic
Hearing the voices of young patients
It’s important for everyone to recognise that babies, children and young people have a choice and a voice
NICE and NIHR: working together to produce research with impact
Alice and Zoe discuss how the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and NICE work in partnership and identify key research priorities from NICE guidance.
Shared Learning Awards 2020 finalist: Prescribing guidelines for patients with a first episode psychosis
The Shared Learning Awards recognise the brilliant work being done to put NICE guidance and standards into practice in a range of organisations, including the NHS, local authorities, and the voluntary sector. The following work has been shortlisted for the NICE Shared Learning Awards 2020 and represents one of our three finalists.
Putting guidance into practice
Shared learning
Examples of how our guidance and standards have been put into practice in the NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector and a range of other organisations.
Showing 3 of 66 shared learning examples for this topic:
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Transforming the care of children and young people in London with asthma: Development of the London Asthma Standards
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Symptomatic Breast Referral Resource Suite: Enhancing the Suspected Cancer Recognition and Referral Process
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Feeding your baby sessions to deliver oral health messages
Podcasts
Child abuse: communication is key
In this podcast:
Corinne May-Chahal, professor of applied science and chair of NICE guideline explains the crucial principles that need to be considered when responding to child abuse. What do young people think about this? Emma Harewood describes how we can recognise abuse and neglect and how we are moving forward in the field.