NICE process and methods
21 Stakeholder engagement
21.1 Relationships with other organisations
NICE works closely with many professional, NHS and other organisations, including those representing patients and carers. Important partners in the interventional procedures programme are given in table 5.
Table 5 Stakeholders of the interventional procedures programme
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Professional organisations |
Professional societies, associations and royal colleges |
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Chief executives/directors |
NHS trusts chief executives in England and Wales, local health board chief executives in Wales. Medical and nursing directors of NHS and foundation trusts in England and Wales, directors of public health and medical and nursing directors of NHS boards in Scotland. |
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Clinical governance |
Clinical governance and audit leads |
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NHS bodies |
NHS England, Health and Social Care Information Centre Clinical Classifications Service, NHS Litigation Authority |
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Regulators |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Human Tissue Authority, NHS Blood and Transplant, Care Quality Commission |
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Industry groups |
Association of British Healthcare Industries |
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Academic bodies |
External assessment centres, National Institute for Health Research |
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Government bodies |
Welsh Government, NHS Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Department of Health |
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Patient and public groups |
Patient Advice and Liaison Service in England, Patients Involved in NICE |
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Independent sector |
Independent insurers, independent/private hospitals, surgeons and other healthcare professionals. |
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Other |
Commissioners, NHS England, clinical commissioning groups |