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Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
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Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (54)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Technology appraisal guidance (71)
Reviews the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments.
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Health technology evaluation (1)
Review evidence to support adoption of health technologies in the NHS.
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Highly specialised technologies guidance (5)
Review clinical and cost-effectiveness of specialised treatments.
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Interventional procedures guidance (7)
Assessments of whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the NHS.
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Medical technologies guidance (1)
Reviews new medical devices for adoption in the NHS.
Advice by programme
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Evidence summaries (4)
Review the best available evidence for selected medicines.
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Medtech innovation briefings (4)
Review the evidence and likely costs of medical devices and technologies.
Products being developed or updated
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In development (22)
Guidance, quality standards and advice being developed.
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Guidance and quality standards awaiting development.
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Topic selection (14)
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News and blogs
News on this topic
Around 100,000 fewer colonoscopies expected to take place each year following updated NICE guidance
Tens of thousands of people a year could be spared the need for a colonoscopy following new guidance from NICE.
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.
NICE publishes latest wave of COVID-19 guidelines
The first is on the care of children and young people who are immunocompromised and the second on antibiotics for pneumonia in adults in hospital.
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.
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 36 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.