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Learn about the NICE Technology Appraisal and Highly Specialised Technologies appeals process, including how decisions are made, the criteria for appeals, and the role of the appeal panel in ensuring fair and transparent evaluations of health technologies.

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Evidence-based recommendations on midcarpal hemiarthroplasty for wrist arthritis in adults. This involves using a metal implant to create an artificial wrist joint, to relieve pain and maintain movement.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

16 October 2019

Before 2022, we used different processes for assessing technologies. You can view the previous process and methods guides below.

Evidence-based recommendations on aortic valve reconstruction with processed bovine pericardium. This involves replacing a damaged aortic valve with a new valve made from chemically treated cow pericardium.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

14 February 2018

NICE wants as many people as possible to be able to use our services, and we have designed it to be accessible.

Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer. This involves using smaller openings in the skin (keyhole surgery) to remove the lymph nodes.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

22 March 2006

This quality standard covers the general principles of blood transfusion in adults, young people and children over 1 year old. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. It does not cover specific conditions that blood transfusion is used for.

Result type

Quality standard

Published

15 December 2016

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

This quality standard covers the assessment and early management of fever with no obvious cause in babies and children (from birth to 5 years). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.

Result type

Quality standard

Last updated

27 July 2022

This process guide provides an overview of the key principles used for developing NICE decision aids. It ensures that robust, quality-assured decision aids for people using and providing health and social care services are developed in an open, transparent and timely way, with appropriate input from key groups

This guideline covers interventions and support for children, young people and adults with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges. It highlights the importance of understanding the cause of behaviour that challenges, and performing thorough assessments so that steps can be taken to help people change their behaviour and improve their quality of life. The guideline also covers support and intervention for family members or carers.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

29 May 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on focal therapy using cryoablation for localised stage prostate cancer. This involves using freezing (cryotherapy) needles to find and destroy only the cancerous part of the prostate.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

26 April 2012

This guide gives an overview of the process for developing evidence summaries. Evidence summaries provide advice but do not include recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance

Evidence-based recommendations on secukinumab (Cosentyx) for treating plaque psoriasis in adults.

Result type

Technology appraisal guidance

Published

22 July 2015