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December 2024: We added a new section on socioeconomic status and clarified our advice on:
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talking about NICE
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age
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sex, gender and sexual orientation
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bold, italics and underlining
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abbreviations and acronyms
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capital letters
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date and time
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tables
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referencing and citations
February 2024: We clarified our advice on sex and gender.
October 2023: We clarified our advice on capital letters.
August 2023: We clarified our advice on ethnicity, gender, age, disfigurement, numbers and italics, and updated our advice on how to create charts and cite NICE guidance in a reference list.
February 2023: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about sex and gender, and removed guidance on NICE Pathways.
November 2022: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about sexual orientation and made some changes to our family background section. We also updated our advice on homelessness and cancer staging.
November 2021: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about obesity and made some changes to our family background section to align with gov.uk. We also updated the advice on how to talk about skin colour.
June 2021: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about data.
February 2021: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about someone's family background.
April 2020: We updated this guide with advice on how to talk about disfigurements.
December 2019: We updated this guide to help NICE work towards the new accessibility regulations. Updates include:
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advice not to use negative contractions or footnotes
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how to express phases in clinical trials, minus numbers and time
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how to make sure your tables, charts and images, and hyperlinks are accessible.
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