Due to a technical issue during the recent consultation period for this procedure we will be re-running consultation for another period of four weeks.  The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee has considered this procedure and NICE has now issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. This has been issued for four weeks’ public consultation (until 5pm, Thursday 6 August 2015).

If you wish to comment on the consultation document, please submit your comments via the link above or alternatively please email us with your comments to: ipteamdownloads@nice.org.uk

Through its guidance NICE is committed to promoting race and disability equality, equality between men and women, and to eliminating all forms of discrimination. One of the ways we do this is by trying to involve as wide a range of people and interest groups as possible in the development of our interventional procedures guidance. In particular, we aim to encourage people and organisations from groups who might not normally comment on our guidance to do so.

In order to help us promote equality through our guidance, we should be grateful if you would consider the following question:

Are there any issues that require special attention in light of NICE’s duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote equality and foster good relations between people with a characteristic protected by the equalities legislation and others?

Please note that NICE reserves the right to summarise and edit comments received during consultations or not to publish them at all where in the reasonable opinion of NICE, the comments are voluminous, publication would be unlawful or publication would otherwise be inappropriate. If you wish to be alerted to developments regarding this procedure, including the release of the consultation document, please use the register an interest button to the left of this page.