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• Hundreds of people in England to benefit from take-at-home tablet bladder cancer treatment

  Today, for the first time, we have given the green light to a targeted treatment for the most common form of bladder cancer.

• Updated pneumonia guidelines for babies and children with mild pneumonia

  Babies and children between the ages of three months and 11-years-old with pneumonia should be offered a three-day rather than five-day course of antibiotics, according to a new draft NICE guideline.

• New draft guideline aims to transform rehabilitation for millions with long-term neurological conditions

  Millions of people living with long-term neurological conditions across England face inconsistent access to vital rehabilitation services, according to NICE.

• Record number of positive recommendations for blood cancer treatments

  Around 5,000 blood cancer patients could benefit from 13 treatments recommended by NICE in 2024.

• First-ever NHS treatment approved for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma

  New combination therapy offers hope to 800 people annually with late-stage blood cancer.

• Changes approved to the routing criteria for highly specialised technologies

  At its meeting on 19 March our Board approved changes to the criteria we use to decide which treatments should be evaluated, to ensure more consistent, predictable and transparent decisions.