Guidance
We use the best available evidence to develop recommendations that guide decisions in health, public health and social care.
Published guidance on this topic (6)
- New guidance in the last 6 months (4)
- Updated guidance in the last 6 months (0)
- In development guidance (4)
NICE advice
Critical assessment of evidence to help you make decisions. Advice, rather than formal NICE guidance.
Published advice on this topic (6)
- New advice in the last 6 months (0)
- Updated advice in the last 6 months (0)
- In development advice (0)
Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (3)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Technology appraisal guidance (10)
Reviews the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments.
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Diagnostics guidance (3)
Review new diagnostic technologies for adoption in the NHS.
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Medical technologies guidance (4)
Reviews new medical devices for adoption in the NHS.
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NICE general (1)
Advice by programme
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Medtech innovation briefings (6)
Review the evidence and likely costs of medical devices and technologies.
Products being developed or updated
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In development (4)
Guidance, quality standards and advice being developed.
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Awaiting development (4)
Guidance and quality standards awaiting development.
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Topic selection (7)
Guidance in topic selection.
Resources to help deliver services during the pandemic
We also have resources to help local partnerships tackle their priorities. For advice specific to your area, contact your local NICE field team.
Improving service delivery
- Suspected cancer: recognition and referral
- Immunisations: reducing differences in uptake in under 19s
- Flu vaccination: increasing uptake
- Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
- Managing medicines in care homes
- Children and young people's mental health
- Improving transfer of care
- Transforming maternity services
- URO17 for detecting bladder cancer.
Managing long term conditions
- Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management
- Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and treatment
- Detecting and treating hypertension
- Preventing, detecting and managing diabetes
- Adult common mental health problems
- Respiratory conditions: reducing pressure on emergency hospital services.
Supporting information
We've brought together guidance, resources and other information that may help you.
Clinical knowledge summaries
We've updated our summaries of current evidence for primary care professionals with some information about COVID-19. This is largely based on guidance from Public Health England.
RAPID C-19 initiative
We're part of the research to access pathway for investigational drugs for COVID-19 (RAPID-C19), a collaboration that aims to get treatments to patients quickly and safely.
NHSE&I specialty guides
These guides are aimed at specialists working in hospitals in England during the pandemic. They aim to help departments continue essential care for patients while supporting the wider hospital and community to provide care for people with COVID-19.
Using wider sources of data and evidence in our work
A guide for internal developers and external collaborators on assessing the quality of wider sources of data and evidence in our guidance.
Evidence standards framework for tests (PDF)
A 3-stage approach to help anyone working on testing for COVID-19 to collect the best possible data and evidence while tests are being quickly developed and validated.
Support for developers of medicinal products
A guide to evidence collection for medicines, plus free scientific advice for researchers developing novel diagnostics or therapeutics for COVID-19.