Diverticular disease: diagnosis and management

You can now review and comment on this draft guideline.

The consultation closes on 5pm, 09/08/19

How to comment

1. Register your organisation or comment as an individual

If you’re commenting for an organisation, your organisation needs to be registered as a stakeholder.

Not eligible? Contact the stakeholder organisation that most closely represents your interests and pass your comments to them.

We can accept comments from individuals. These will be considered, but you won’t get a formal response and they won’t be posted on the NICE website. Wherever possible we encourage you to submit your comments through a registered stakeholder organisation.

2. Read the consultation documents

Documents to comment on:

• Draft guideline
• Evidence reviews
  • Evidence review Prevention of diverticular disease
  • Evidence review Symptoms and signs
  • Evidence review Diagnosis of diverticular disease
  • Evidence review Management of diverticular disease
  • Evidence review Management of recurrent diverticular disease
  • Evidence review Referral criteria
  • Evidence review Diagnostic tests
  • Evidence review Non-surgical treatment
  • Evidence review Indications for surgery
  • Evidence review Timing of surgery
  • Evidence review Laparoscopic vs open
  • Evidence review Extent of colectomy
  • Evidence review Primary vs secondary
  • Evidence review Percutaneous drainage
  • Evidence review Lavage vs resection
  • Evidence review Management of recurrent acute diverticulitis
  • Evidence review info and support
  • Evidence review Methods
• Guideline appendix Algorithms
• Guideline appendix Acknowledgements
• Economic model
  • Guideline appendix HE model Acute
  • Guideline appendix HE model Lavage

If you want to review the economic model, please see 5. Economic models below and fill in the confidentiality form.

Other information about the consultation

• Equality impact assessment
• Committee membership list and DOI register
  • Committee member list
  • Committee member list Interests Register
• Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved

3. Add your comments

• You must use this form.
• You must declare any links with, or funding from, the tobacco industry

If you share similar views with another organisation, send a joint response.

Make sure you consider:

• The areas that will have the biggest impact on practice and be challenging to implement
• How to help users overcome challenges

Developing NICE guidelines: how to get involved suggests some other areas to comment on.

4. Email the form to us

Email: DiverticularDisease@nice.nhs.uk

Deadline: 5pm, 09/08/19

5. Economic model

The developer has produced an economic model to support the guideline on Diverticular disease: diagnosis and management. To receive an executable version of this model, please submit a request to DiverticularDisease@nice.nhs.uk with a signed copy of the confidentiality acknowledgement and undertaking form.

We will then send you a link to an executable version of the economic model by email. The deadline for returning your comments is the same as for the guideline consultation: 5pm, 09/08/19.