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New guidance aims to achieve fairer outcomes for looked-after children and young people
Looked after children and young people should be considered ‘one of their own’ by carers, to help them to reach their full potential, new NICE draft guidelines say.
People in England could benefit from new endometrial cancer treatment
Innovative new drug for treating endometrial cancer in adults recommended by NICE as an option for use within the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Keep the size of your waist to less than half of your height, NICE recommends
People are being encouraged to keep their waist measurement to less than half their height to reduce the risk of potential health problems.
Innovative technology to detect abnormal heart rhythms recommended by NICE
Zio XT is the first assessment, via the NICE digital health technologies guidance development pilot project, to be recommended for NHS use.
Decision aid to guide discussions on sleeping pill prescriptions
A patient decision aid on medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms has been published
Dr Sam Roberts has been outlining the changes underway at NICE to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving health technology sector and patient expectations
Public consultation on updates to health technology evaluations manual
A public consultation marking the first update to NICE's health technology evaluations manual is now open.
NICE recommended weight-loss drug to be made available in specialist NHS services
Thousands of people will soon be able to be prescribed a drug to help them lose weight as part of their treatment in an NHS specialist weight management service.
Improvements for people with acute kidney injury in updated quality standard
An updated quality standard published today (23 March 2023) by NICE outlines improvements in care for people who have or are at risk of acute kidney injury.
NICE chronic lung disease treatment decision could benefit 5,200 people
NICE broadens nintedanib recommendation on chronic lung disease treatment.
Four innovative tests for diagnosing UTIs could help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
NHS may use innovative tests which may help people with a urinary tract infection (UTI) receive the correct course of antibiotics more quickly.
NICE recommends life-changing gene therapy for children with ultra-rare genetic disorder
The first and currently only gene therapy for children with an ultra-rare genetic disorder has been recommended by NICE.
Women should be offered induced labour earlier than previously advised
Induced labour should be offered earlier than previously advised to make birth safer for women and their babies, according to draft guidelines published by NICE today (25 May 2021). The updated recommendations strengthen previous advice in the light of new evidence on induction timings.
App-based treatment for people with insomnia an effective alternative to sleeping pills
Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from insomnia who would usually be prescribed sleeping pills could be offered an app-based treatment programme instead.
NICE recommends a weekly injection for treating growth failure in children
This recommendation comes from a pilot to develop simpler, faster evaluations for the appraisal of some treatments.