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21 December 2016

This interim methods guide is based on the general principles and methods included in other methods guides for developing NICE guidance

This guide outlines the main elements of the interim NICE clinical guideline surveillance process and methodology, which was agreed by the NICE Board in July 2013

This guide outlines the main elements of the interim process and methods for the NICE clinical guideline updates using standing committees pilot programme, including details of the Clinical Guidelines Updates committee, which were agreed by the NICE Board in September 2013

This document concerns the appeal process for the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies programmes and provides an overview for organisations wishing to lodge an appeal

This guide describes the methods and processes that NICE follows to assess the impact of new evidence, changes to the health and care system, or other new, relevant information that has come to light after NICE guidance has published

This manual describes how public health guidance is produced, and explains the stages of guidance development, the different activities, roles and responsibilities of different groups of people involved at different stages

This manual provides information additional to that in Developing NICE guidelines: the manual to guide developers on how to approach developing service guidance, and also to inform stakeholders about the steps that NICE will take in developing this guidance

This guide provides an overview of the principles and methods of health technology assessment and appraisal within the context of the NICE appraisal process

This document contains advice to help you access treatments and care that NICE has recommended

This document describes a special report on the cost effectiveness of moving the Healthy Start vitamin programme from the current targeted offering to a universal offering

This document describes a real-world evidence framework that aims to improve the quality of real-world evidence informing our guidance. The framework does not set minimum standards for the acceptability of evidence. The framework is mainly targeted at those developing evidence to inform NICE guidance. It is also relevant to patients, those collecting data, and reviewers of evidence

This process and methods guide has been developed to help guidance‑producing centres make research recommendations. It describes a step-by-step approach to identifying uncertainties, formulating research recommendations and research questions, prioritising them and communicating them to the NICE Science Policy and Research (SP&R) team, researchers, and funders

This manual sets out the process for how new guidance topics and updates to existing NICE guidance are identified, prioritised and routed at NICE, and the decision-making framework used by the NICE prioritisation board

This interim process and methods statement sets out the general principles guiding NICE's approach to including NICE technology appraisal recommendations in guideline topic areas. It also describes what the key changes are to existing methods and processes