Advice
About this briefing
Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision‑making by clinicians, managers, and procurement professionals.
Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.
Development of this briefing
This briefing was developed for NICE by King's Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC). The Interim Process & Methods Statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality assured and approved for publication.
Project teams
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King's Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC), King's Health Partners
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Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme, NICE
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Anastasia Chalkidou, Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC
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Robert Dowling, Health Technology Assessor, KiTEC
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Tiago Rua, Health Economist, KiTEC
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Muralikrishnan R. Kartha, Health Economist, KiTEC
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Stephen Keevil, Director, KiTEC
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Cornelius Lewis, Director, KiTEC
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Viktoria McMillan, Centre Manager, KiTEC
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Elizabeth Morris, Clinical and Technical Adviser, KiTEC
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Ian Morgan, Principal Renal Technologist, King's College Hospital
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Laura Hignell, Home Dialysis Sister, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
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Daljit Hothi, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist and Clinical Lead for Nephrotic Syndrome and Home Haemodialysis, Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Lynsey Stronach, Specialist Nurse, Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Kate Bramham, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, King's College London
Copyright
© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2014. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not‑for‑profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.
ISBN: 978‑1‑4731‑0830‑1