NICE is a new body set up in April 1999 to promote the highest quality of treatment and technology in the NHS and the cost-effectiveness of NHS services. It gives advice on best clinical practice to the NHS, to those commissioning NHS services (strategic health authorities and primary care groups / trusts), and to patients and their carers. NICE is a partnership between the Department of Health, the NHS, health professionals and patients. Guidelines set by NICE will be used across the country, helping to end geographical variations in care that have grown up in recent years.
Set up in April 1999 to produce and disseminate information for doctors on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of different drugs and treatments
It provides clinical staff and the public in England and Wales with guidance on current treatments. It coordinates the National Collaborating Centres from whom it commissions the development of clinical practice guidelines.
an organisation that promotes clinical and cost effectiveness and produces and disseminates clinical guidelines.
A national body set up by the Department of Health to oversee standards of clinical practice throughout the country and to pass judgement on the cost-effectiveness and value for money of new drugs.
Agency of the National Health Service in the UK. Set up in 1999 to put an end to the so called 'postcode lottery' system of healthcare in England and Wales, where the availablility of treatments depended upon which NHS Trust area you lived in. Publishes clinical appraisals of whether particular treatments should be available on the NHS based upon their cost effectiveness.
It sets clear national standards to improve the quality and consistency of NHS services throughout the country
a Special Health Authority (England and Wales), its role is to provide patients, health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current 'best practice'.