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Developing NICE guidelines: the manual

  • NICE process and methods
  • Reference number: PMG20
  • Published:  31 October 2014
  • Last updated:  23 October 2025
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  • Overview
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The scope
  • 3 Decision-making committees
  • 4 Developing review questions and planning the evidence review
  • 5 Identifying the evidence: literature searching and evidence submission
  • 6 Reviewing evidence
  • 7 Incorporating economic evaluation
  • 8 Linking to other guidance
  • 9 Interpreting the evidence and writing the guideline
  • 10 The validation process for draft guidelines, and dealing with stakeholder comments
  • 11 Finalising and publishing the guideline recommendations
  • 12 Support for putting the guideline recommendations into practice
  • 13 Ensuring that published guidelines are current and accurate
  • 14 Updating guideline recommendations
  • 15 Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Update information

13 Ensuring that published guidelines are current and accurate

For information on the processes and methods for checking that published guidelines are current and how decisions are made on whether updates are needed, see the processes and methods guide for NICE-wide guidance surveillance.


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