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 Cedar. The interim process and methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality assured and approved for publication.
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Dr Judith White, Researcher, Cedar
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Kathleen Withers, Researcher, Cedar
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Dr Grace Carolan-Rees, Director, Cedar
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Dr Vijay Anand, Principal Optometrist, Contact Lens Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Prof Ejaz Ansari, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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David Garway-Heath, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Tony Redmond, Lecturer, Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University
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: 978-1-4731-0832-5