Interventional procedures programme manual

receiving notifications of interventional procedures and identifying new interventional procedures

deciding whether notified or new procedures fall within the programme's remit and so should be assessed

compiling and maintaining a list of notified procedures

preparing procedure briefs and overviews

obtaining specialist advice

obtaining patient commentary

convening meetings of the Committee, providing it with evidence and securing its draft recommendations on the procedures assessed

preparing consultation documents based on the Committee's draft recommendations

conducting public consultations on the draft recommendations

producing interventional procedures guidance based on the final recommendations of the Committee

ensuring all guidance addresses equalities issues

providing a resolution process by which consultees have a mechanism for reviewing NICE's guidance for factual errors or breaches of process before it is published

issuing interventional procedures guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

advising on a lay version of the guidance ('information for the public')

advising on the production of audit tools for the guidance when these are recommended

advising on the suitability of registers or other datasets for inclusion in the guidance

updating guidance

raising awareness of the programme in the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.