Consider electric or hybrid NHS and local authorities urged to reduce vehicle air pollution
Driver training and car sharing should also be considered in bid to reduce emissions
NICE responds to feedback on eating disorders quality initiatives
A new NICE quality standard (QS) on eating disorders focuses on promoting early access and coordinating care between services.
NICE encourages further discussions on Kymriah for adult lymphoma
CAR-T is too expensive to recommend as a treatment for adults with lymphoma, NICE says in draft guidance today (19 September).
Patients with high-risk skin cancer have new treatment option
Hundreds of patients with a type of advanced skin cancer are set to benefit from a new treatment, dabrafenib plus trametinib.
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New “life changing” procedure can be offered to adults with severe asthma on NHS
Procedure could be an option for adults with severe asthma whose symptoms cannot be adequately controlled with drugs
31 August 2018
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Feedback encouraged to allow use of life extending treatment on NHS for those with blood cancer
CAR-T considered to be an exciting innovation which can cure some patients but very expensive
28 August 2018
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Antibiotics should not be issued as first line of treatment for a cough, says NICE and PHE
People should take honey or cough medicines instead but speak to their GP if it persists for longer than three weeks
23 August 2018
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NICE would welcome further discussions about access to spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen
NICE hopes for further talks over nusinersen for treating a rare genetic disorder; spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
14 August 2018
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NICE guideline set to address variation in provision of services for adults with cerebral palsy
NICE has published a draft guideline on the care and support adults with cerebral palsy should receive.
16 July 2018
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Launch of new master’s degree in Evaluation of Health Care Interventions and Outcomes
A new master’s degree in healthcare decision making has been launched by London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in collaboration with NICE.
12 July 2018