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NICE approves new cancer drugs for routine NHS use

Two cancer treatments, previously only available to patients through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), will now be routinely available on the NHS.

Adults with type 1 diabetes should be offered education classes to help them manage their condition, a new quality standard from NICE says.

New draft guidance from NICE means hundreds of people will now have access to crizotinib, a twice-a-day pill for lung cancer.

NICE has published draft guidance recommending anti-clotting drug ticagrelor 60 mg with aspirin for people who have had a heart attack.

We can reduce STIs by increasing condom availability, says NICE

NICE is urging local councils to increase the availability of condoms to people most at risk of sexually transmitted infections.

05 August 2016
NICE draft guidance recommends new drug for people with ankylosing spondylitis

New draft guidance from NICE means thousands of people with back condition ankylosing spondylitis will soon have access to an innovative new drug.

04 August 2016
New work from NICE could prevent thousands of people from suffering a stroke

NICE is calling for GPs and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to focus on preventing 8,000 strokes a year.

01 August 2016
NICE guidance can reduce delays in hospital discharge raised by critical report

NICE urges hospitals and local authorities to redouble their efforts to reduce delays in discharging patients from hospitals, following criticism from MPs.

22 July 2016
NICE publishes final guidance recommending ataluren for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

NICE has published final guidance recommending ataluren for treating children aged 5 and over with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) caused by a nonsense mutation.

20 July 2016
New competency framework for all prescribers

A new and updated Competency Framework to support healthcare professionals to prescribe effectively has been published.

14 July 2016