Guidance
We use the best available evidence to develop recommendations that guide decisions in health, public health and social care.
NICE advice
Critical assessment of evidence to help you make decisions. Advice, rather than formal NICE guidance.
Published advice on this topic (8)
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Quality standards
Set out priority areas for quality improvement in health and social care.
Published quality standards on this topic (31)
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Guidance by programme
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NICE guidelines (53)
Review the evidence across broad health and social care topics.
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Technology appraisal guidance (78)
Reviews the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new treatments.
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Health technology evaluation (3)
Review evidence to support adoption of health technologies in the NHS.
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Highly specialised technologies guidance (7)
Review clinical and cost-effectiveness of specialised treatments.
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Interventional procedures guidance (7)
Assessments of whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the NHS.
Advice by programme
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Evidence summaries (4)
Review the best available evidence for selected medicines.
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Medtech innovation briefings (4)
Review the evidence and likely costs of medical devices and technologies.
Products being developed or updated
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In consultation (2)
Guidance and quality standards open for consultation.
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In development (23)
Guidance, quality standards and advice being developed.
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Awaiting development (20)
Guidance and quality standards awaiting development.
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Topic selection (17)
Guidance in topic selection.
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Current guidance in consultation
Blogs on this topic
Hearing the voices of young patients
It’s important for everyone to recognise that babies, children and young people have a choice and a voice
NICE and NIHR: working together to produce research with impact
Alice and Zoe discuss how the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and NICE work in partnership and identify key research priorities from NICE guidance.