1. Dr Rosie Benneyworth Vice-Chair of NICE
Student Champion Study Day
Introduction to NICE
Dr Rosie Benneyworth
Vice-Chair of NICE
Been using NICE evidence search and promoting NICE cascade system
Train others
How to use and what it can find
Use NICE in essays but not know history of NICE

2. Background

3. Why NICE was set up Established in 1999
To reduce variation in the availability and quality of treatments and care (the so called ‘postcode lottery’)
To resolve uncertainty about which medicines and treatments work best and which represent best value for money for the NHS

4. History and background

5. The NICE portfolio in 1999
NICE
Clinical Practice
New Drugs

6. The NICE portfolio in 2005 NICE Clinical Practice Public health
New Drugs

7. Medtech and diagnostics
The NICE portfolio in 2010
NICE
Clinical Practice
Public health
New Drugs
Quality standards
Medtech and diagnostics

8. Medtech and diagnostics
The NICE portfolio in 2018
NICE
Clinical Practice
Public health
New Drugs
Quality standards
Medtech and diagnostics
Social care
Indicators

9. Core principles of NICE’s work
Based on the best evidence available
Genuine consultation
Regular review
Expert input
Open and transparent process
Patient and carer involvement
Social values and equity considerations
Independent advisory committees

10. NICE guidance and quality standards by year
Highly specialised technologies
Diagnostics
Medical devices
Quality standards
Interventional procedures
Guidelines: clinical, public health and social care
Technology appraisals
Highly specialised technologies
Medical devices
Diagnostics
Quality standards
Interventional procedures
Technology appraisals
Guidelines

12. “NICE may prove to be one of Britain’s greatest cultural assets along with Shakespeare, Newtonian physics, The Beatles, Harry Potter and the Teletubbies”
Richard Smith, Editor
British Medical Journal 2004

13. Thank you.