Health organisations working to incorporate NICE recommendations into NHS care to benefit thousands of patients who have had a stroke
An NHS workforce and resource impact statement published today (17 July 2019) highlights the work being done by national partners to integrate changes recommended by NICE in its updated stroke guideline into routine NHS patient care.
Consider shorter courses when prescribing antibiotics
People are being prescribed unnecessarily long courses of antibiotics which may increase their risk of developing antibiotic resistant infections, a study has suggested.
Innovative approach that gets patients back into their own homes after hospital stay honoured
Newly introduced programme allowed those in hospital to reduce their length of stay by an average of six days
Breast cancer patients to have further NICE-approved drug combination option on Cancer Drugs Fund
Another potentially life-extending drug combination for some people with advanced breast cancer will now be available on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) following its approval by NICE in draft guidance published today (17 July 2019).
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NICE recommends innovative treatment for type 1 diabetes
It’s estimated that around 90,000 people could be eligible for treatment with dapagliflozin
12 July 2019
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Diagnose and treat Lyme disease if bull’s eye rash is present, says NICE
People presenting erythema migrans, the characteristic skin rash associated with Lyme disease, can be diagnosed and treated without the need for blood tests, NICE has said in a final quality standard published today.
10 July 2019
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Involved & informed: good community medicines support
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in collaboration with several other partner organisations, has launched a new initiative to encourage better medicines support for people who are receiving social care services in their homes.
09 July 2019
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Device for preventing and relieving pain of cluster headaches approved by NICE in draft guidance
A handheld device that delivers a small electric current has been recommended by NICE for the prevention and treatment of cluster headaches, a rare but painful type of headache that affects around 100,000 people in the UK.
05 July 2019
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Life-extending lung cancer treatment recommended for use on the NHS
Dacomitinib has been recommended as a first-line treatment option for people with a type of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in new NICE guidance.
05 July 2019
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Spinraza access agreement extended
More children with the rare genetic disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can now be treated with Spinraza after NICE today (3 July) published amended draft guidance following a proposal for extending the terms of the managed access agreement (MAA) between NHS England and Biogen for funding it.
03 July 2019