The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

NICE is tasked with providing guidance on current best practice in health and social care, including public health, to the NHS in England and Wales. As of April ... Skiptocontent TheNationalInstituteforHealthandCareExcellence(NICE) Topics: Safetyandquality TheNationalInstituteforHealthandCareExcellence(NICE)providesnationalguidanceandadvicetoimprovehealthandsocialcare. AboutNICE  NICEistaskedwithprovidingguidance oncurrentbestpracticeinhealthandsocialcare,includingpublichealth,totheNHSinEnglandandWales.  AsofApril2013,NICE isaNonDepartmentalPublicBody. Atthistimetheytookonresponsibilityfordevelopingguidanceinsocialcare,andtheirnamechangedtotheNationalInstituteforHealthandCareExcellencetoreflecttheirnewresponsibilities. DoHLinksWithNICE  TheDoHhasaformallinkwiththeInstituteunderwhichNICEguidance,publishedfrom1July2006,isreviewedlocallyforitsapplicabilitytoNorthernIrelandand,wherefoundtobeapplicable,isendorsedbytheDoHforimplementationintheHSC. DoHhascurrentlyreviewsandendorsesanumberoftypesofNICEguidance. Detailsofendorsedguidance,andtheprocessesthroughwhichtheyareendorsed,canbefoundusingthefollowinglinks: DoHarealsoparticipantsintheNICE InterventionalProceduresProgramme. Furtherinformationonthiscanbefoundonthe InterventionalProceduresProgramme page Subtopics NICEclinicalguidelines NICEGuidelines NICEtechnologyappraisals Relatedto TheNationalInstituteforHealthandCareExcellence(NICE) Mostrecentpublications EndorsedNICEClinicalGuidelines2022/2023 EndorsedNICEClinicalGuidelines2021/2022 AccesstoinformationHowtorequestinformationfromtheDepartmentofHealthincluding FreedomofInformation, informationaboutyourselfandthetypeofinformationwecommittopublishonaregularbasis.More... Backtotop