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This guideline covers the routine antenatal care that women and their babies should receive. It aims to ensure that pregnant women are offered regular check-ups, information and support. We have also published a guideline on postnatal care , which covers the topics of emotional attachment and baby feeding.
This guideline covers how organisations, practitioners and carers should work together to deliver high-quality care, stable placements and nurturing relationships for looked-after children and young people. It aims to help these children and young people reach their full potential and have the same opportunities as their peers.
Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance (third edition) (PMG4)
Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance (third edition)
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Topic selection and scoping the guidance
- 3 Determining the evidence for review and consideration
- 4 Identifying the evidence
- 5 Reviewing the scientific evidence
- 6 Incorporating health economics
- 7 Developing recommendations
- Appendix A Conceptual framework for the work of the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE)
This manual explains the processes and methods used to develop and update NICE guidelines, the guidance that NICE develops covering topics across clinical care (in primary, secondary and community care settings), social care and public health. For more information on the other types of NICE guidance and advice (including technology appraisal guidance), see about NICE
New drugs 'a major benefit' for patients with chronic hepatitis C
NICE has recommended the use of boceprevir (Victrelis) and telaprevir (Incivo), both in combination with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin, as options for the treatment of the most common strain of hepatitis C in adults, in latest guidance.
NICE approves treatment for hep C in its 300th technology appraisal
NICE has recommended the use of peginterferon alfa in combination with ribavirin to treat chronic hepatitis C in children and young people, in its 300th piece of technology appraisal guidance.
Another ‘potential curative’ drug for people with chronic hepatitis C will be made available on the NHS.
More women can receive appropriate and timely fertility treatment such as IVF, following updated guidelines from NICE.
NICE recommends offering PrEP to people at high risk of HIV for first time
People at the highest risk of catching HIV should be offered Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), NICE has recommended for the first time.
Improving the uptake of hepatitis B vaccination among at risk groups, developing tools to make evidence-based medicine more accessible, and carrying out a clinical outcome assessment in hand surgery are just some of the projects planned by the latest group of fellows and scholars.
As NICE publishes its 300th technology appraisal, we look back at the impact they have had on patient care.