How NICE could help the NHS save millions

The NHS could stand to save millions - at a time when healthcare budgets are being squeezed - by following NICE guidance, according to a review by the Institute.
Implementing NICE guidance can provide a way for primary care trusts (PCTs) in England to ensure that patients receive treatment that is proven to be both clinically and cost effective. Following NICE guidance can also free up resources and capacity that can then be channeled into other services. Click here to read more...

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Shared Learning - Implementing NICE Guidance

Submit your examples of implementing NICE guidance to their shared learning database and highlight your hard work and expertise with colleagues in the NHS and public health sector.

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How to use NICE guidance to commission high-quality services

NICE has developed a guide to support people involved in commissioning health and social care services and public health programmes in developing systems and processes that embed NICE guidance into commissioning. Click here for further information.

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How to use NICE guidance to commission high-quality services

NICE has developed a guide to support people involved in commissioning health and social care services and public health programmes in developing systems and processes that embed NICE guidance into commissioning. Click here to find out more.

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NICE Annual Conference and Exhibition

NICE 2009 Innovation and Value will focus on innovation and the value it can bring when it works for patients. The conference is being held on 2-3 December 2009 at the Manchester Central Convention Centre. Click here to book your place and for further details.

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Vacancies for NHS commissioners on new Medical Technologies Advisory Committee at NICE

There are currently vacancies on the Medical Technologies Advisory Committee – a new independent NICE Advisory Committee that will support the work of the Evaluation Pathway Programme for innovative medical technologies. There is a particular need for members with NHS commissioning experience. Further details and a role description are available here.
The closing date for applications is Monday 14 September.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like any further information. Please do not hesitate to Kirstie Clegg tel: 0161 219 3801 for further information.

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Reaching out: community engagement and health

This report explores the importance of engaging communities in health promotion and health services, and the health benefits that this can bring. It reflects on government commitments to engaging the public further in democratic and decision-making processes and builds on the NICE guidance on community engagement and health.

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Book your exclusive talk on critical illness rehabilitation: patient perspectives

In order to help trusts implement recent NICE guidance on critical illness rehabilitation, Barry Williams, patient carer/lay representative from the Guideline Development Group and Chairman of the Patient Liaison Committee of the Intensive Care Society, has offered to talk to trusts upon request about patients' and relatives' experiences following intensive care. If you would like to book a talk please contact Barry Williams

Shared learning: implementing NICE guidance

Have you got some tips to share with other organisations on implementing NICE clinical or public health guidance? Or would you like to learn from other people’s experiences? If so, the Institute’s ‘shared learning’ database can help.
NICE are looking for jargon-free, easy to understand examples of how you have successfully met the challenges – and overcome the pitfalls – of putting NICE guidance into practice.
The quality assurance process ensures that all examples appearing in the database meet a minimum quality standard.
All submissions will be entered into the new NICE Shared Learning Award. Find out further information here

Three New NICE Commissioning Guides: Epilepsy, Ante- & Postnatal MH and Breastfeeding

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published three new commissioning guides to help the NHS in England effectively commission evidence-based care for patients. The guides cover services for: accurate diagnosis of the epilepsies in adults, antenatal and postnatal mental health, and peer support for women who breastfeed. Keep up to date with these guides and other commissioning news by signing up for the Better Commissioning newsletter.

NICE Commissioning Guides

NICE commissioning guides are a valuable resource in helping to commission effective, evidence-based care. Each commissioning guide concentrates on a particular topic, and provides information on key service-related issues to consider during the commissioning process. They also offer an indicative benchmark of activity to help commissioners determine the level of service needed locally. Within each guide, an interactive commissioning tool provides data for local comparison against the benchmark and enables primary care organisations to estimate and inform the cost of local commissioning decisions. Further details and a list of published and forthcoming guides are available at: http://www.nice.org.uk/commissioningguides.

Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion for the Treatment of Diabetes (Review)

This guidance replaces NICE technology appraisal guidance 57 issued in February 2003.

NICE Guideline for Stroke

The advice in the NICE guideline covers how healthcare professionals should recognise the symptoms of a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and make a diagnosis quickly; when people should have a brain scan and other types of scan; specialist care for people in the first 2 weeks after a stroke; drug treatments for people who have had a stroke; surgery for people who have had a stroke. Read the NICE guideline and full guideline.

National Audit of Services for People with Multiple Sclerosis 2008

In November 2003 NICE made six key recommendations concerning the management of people with MS, and identified one sentinel marker for service quality. In 2005/6 an initial audit identified major failures in NHS services. In 2007/8 a full national (England and Wales) audit was undertaken. Read the findings here: summary or full report.

Social Value Judgements: Principles for the Development of NICE Guidance

This document describes the principles that NICE should follow in designing the processes it uses to develop its guidance (recommendations), and in developing individual pieces of guidance. It is mainly about the judgements that NICE and its advisory bodies should apply when making decisions about the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions, especially where such decisions affect the allocation of NHS resources.

Updated NICE Guideline Published on the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

The new guideline replaces existing NICE recommendations for the condition, revising areas where new information has become available, and will act as a single reference point for healthcare professionals on all aspects of the care and support that should be offered to people with type 2 diabetes.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Commissioning Toolkit

The Department of Health has published a toolkit for improving access to psychological therapies. It aims to help primary care trusts implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on depression and anxiety disorders. Find out more here.

NICE launch two more new guides to support effective commissioning of services

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a further two commissioning guides to help the NHS in England effectively commission evidence-based care for patients. The guides cover cardiac rehabilitation and heart failure for the management of chronic heart failure. Each commissioning guide signposts and provides topic-specific information on key clinical and service-related issues to consider during the commissioning process. Access the guides here