| Status | In progress |
| Technology type | Device |
| Decision | Selected |
| Reason for decision | Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in use addressed, and help them make the best use of NHS resources |
| Further information | Selected |
| ID number | 10051 |
| Description | Slide sheets are friction reducing devices that assist healthcare professionals to reposition or move a person on or from a hospital bed. They are used to assist handling tasks, which can be physically demanding and risk injury to both those giving and receiving the care. A slide sheets system consists of 2 layers of low friction material that work together to reduce friction. As a person is moved, one layer stays in contact with them while the other layer stays in contact with the supporting surface. This allows the material to slide against itself, which reduces friction. Slide sheets can be flat, tubular or hybrid (a combination of both flat and tubular). They can be single-use, single patient-use or reusable. Slide sheets are available in different materials, including polythylene, nylon and microfibre fabric, and in different shapes and sizes. They can have additional features such as handholds, leg straps or head support. Slide sheets are considered an everyday healthcare consumable and are used in most hospital settings across the NHS. NICE is scoping for a late-stage assessment (LSA) on slide sheets. LSA aims to assess technologies that are in widespread or established use in the NHS. Over time, technologies often undergo continuous or incremental innovation. LSA will assess if the value added by incremental innovation justifies any price variation. |
Provisional Schedule
| Committee meeting: MTAC1 | 19 December 2024 |
| Draft guidance: 1 | 04 February 2025 - 18 February 2025 |
| Committee meeting: 2 | 20 March 2025 |
| Expected publication | 28 May 2025 |
Project Team
| Project lead | Bruce Smith |
Email enquiries
- If you have any queries please email lsa@nice.org.uk
Timeline
Key events during the development of the guidance:
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 26 September 2024 | Final scope |
| 10 September 2024 | Scoping workshop |
| 06 August 2024 | Launch |
| 06 August 2024 | In progress |