In this episode, our guests reflect on 25 years of NICE, how the organisation has developed, the impact its had and how it will change to adapt to the challenges of the next 25 years.Guests: NICE CEO Dr Sam Roberts, Chief Medical Officer for England Professor Sir Chris Whitty, MHRA CEO Dame June Raine, Director of Value and Access at Association of…

Following the publication of our new guideline, ovarian cancer: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk, the latest episode of NICETalks focuses on genetic testing and how it can help to identify those most at risk of ovarian cancer. We talk to Ranjit Manchanda, professor of gynaecological oncology, Queen Mary University of London and Ba…

In this month's podcast, we speak with Jeanette Kusel, director of NICE Advice and Luella Trickett, director of value and access at the Association of British HealthTech Industries. They outline the benefits and opportunities NICE Advice can provide. Go to: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/life-sciences/nice-advice-service?utm_medium=podcas…

In this episode, the directors of NICE's guidance producing centres reflect on the highlights of 2023. We hear from Mark Chapman, interim director of HealthTech; Helen Knight, director of medicines evaluation; and Professor Jonathan Benger, chief medical officer and interim director of the centre for guidelines.…

More than 10,000 virtual ward beds will be used by the NHS in England this winter to care for people with an acute respiratory infections.To learn more about the benefits and opportunities of introducing a virtual ward, or hospital at home service, our guests are Mark Salmon, programme director in the Science, Evidence, and Analytics Directorate at…

It is estimated that there are around 85,000 strokes every year in England, with over 1 million people currently living with its long-term effects. We catch up with Jon Brown, chair of the independent committee and Professor Stephen Hill, lay member on the committee about NICE’s updated guidance on stroke rehabilitation.…

We’re proposing changes to how we select topics for guidance production. This is to ensure we focus on what matters most to the health and care system.In this month’s podcast, we hear from Professor Jonathan Benger, NICE's chief medical officer, and Dr Jeanette Dickson, chair of council at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, about how this will …

We’re making some changes to how we evaluate medicines to help get new treatments to patients quicker. In this month's podcast, we hear from Jenniffer Prescott, programme director within NICE's Centre for Health Technology Evaluation and Victoria Jordan from The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry about our new approach.…

On 10 July NHS England published proposals for establishing an antimicrobial products subscription model for products that offer exceptional value to patients and the NHS. This builds on a recent pilot project that we co-led which paid companies a fixed annual fee for antimicrobials based on their value to the NHS, rather than the volume used. We s…

We speak with Meindert Boysen, NICE's head of international affairs, and Dr Nicole Mittmann, vice president of scientific evidence, methodologies and resources at CADTH - Canada's drug and health technology agency. They discuss the global partnerships that are enabling NICE to remain at the forefront of guidance development methodology.…

Following Mental Health Awareness Week, we hear about 4 NICE-approved digital technologies that can help children and young people with mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety or low mood. Our guests are Sarah Byron, NICE's programme director for devices, diagnostics and digital, and Lily Tang, deputy director of digital investment strategy at NHS Eng…

As part of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, we chat with 2 members of our colorectal cancer guideline committee. We're joined by Justin Davies, a consultant colorectal surgeon, and Julie Hepburn, a patient who has had colorectal cancer. They discuss the warning signs and symptoms, available treatments and their involvement in guideline development.…

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In this episode we discuss urinary tract infections (UTI's) and the publication of NICE' new quality standard. The guests are: Dr Tessa Lewis, a GP and specialist committee member on NICE's independent quality standards committee, and we speak to a patient about their experiences of dealing with recurrent UTIs in their early adulthood to find out w…

In this episode we discuss the role NICE plays in patient safety. The guests are: Professor Kevin Harris, senior responsible office for patient safety at NICE, and clinical advisor to the Interventional Procedures Programme and Professor Jane Blazeby, Professor of Surgery at University of Bristol.National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) による

Reducing health inequalities is part of NICE’s DNA. We offer evidence-based recommendations to help improve the health of communities.The equitable implementation of NICE recommendations ensures that care provided is effective, makes efficient use of resources and reduces inequalities and unwarranted variation.Taking part in this episode is NICE ch…

We speak to Consultant Respiratory Physician Dr Hitasha Rupani, Medicines Consultant Clinical Adviser at NICE Jonathan Underhill and asthma patient Sheba Joseph about NICE’s recently published patient decision aid on asthma inhalers and climate change. The aid supports people with asthma to consider whether they might be able to use inhalers which …

In September 2022, NICE published its guideline on the assessment, management and preventing recurrence of self-harm. We speak to Professor Nav Kapur who was the topic expert on the committee. He outlines what the recommendations say and how people who self-harm can best be supported.National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) による

In this month’s NICE Talks podcast we speak to Dr Gail Allsopp, interim medical director at NICE, and Richard Jackson, patient advocate who was diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer, in 2006. We hear from Richard about his personal experience and Dr Gail Allsopp talks us through some of the current NICE recommended treatments, as well as w…

On this month's podcast we find out more about the launch of NICE's early value assessment programme in medical technology. This pilot will look at least 10 medical technologies, of which at least six will be digital health technologies, and provide quicker assessments of early value to identify the most promising technologies that can be used in t…

This month’s NICE Talks podcast focusses on NICE’s new guideline on social work with adults experiencing complex needs. We chat with Rebecca Harrington, who chaired the NICE committee which developed the guideline, Bryn Lloyd-Evans, an associate professor working in the division of psychiatry at UCL, and Ellie, a service user who was a lay member o…

In May 2022, NICE published medical technologies guidance on Sleepio to treat insomnia. It is the first digital therapeutic for treating insomnia recommended by NICE. In this episode we'll learn more about the technology and the process NICE went through to evaluate it. Our guests are Anastasia Chalkidou, associate director of the Medical technolog…

In her first interview with NICE Talks, chief executive Sam Roberts gives her initial thoughts of the organisation, her plans for the next 12 months and outlines how she plans to tackle some of the challenges. She reflects on how NICE will adapt to new drugs, digital technologies, devices and diagnostics and explains how she plans to build upon the…

In this episode we talk about NICE's recently published guideline on integrated health and social care services for people experiencing homelessness. The guideline was developed in partnership with the Centre for Homelessness Impact and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The guideline outlines how people experiencing homelessness ca…

In this episode we’re going to be talking about NICE's evidence standards framework for digital health technologies.Working alongside system partners, we've produced the framework for the developers and adopters of digital health technologies. It provides them with the information to ensure new technologies are clinically effective and offer econom…

In this episode, we speak with Helen Knight, programme director in NICE’s Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, and Dr Jane Adam, chair of one of our independent appraisal committees. They discuss what our changes mean for patients, the NHS and industry.National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) による

In this episode of our NICE Talks podcast, we speak with Professor Gillian Leng, our chief executive, and Dr Mark Kroese, chair of our diagnostics advisory committee. They reflect on the past year and look forward to 2022.National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) による

In this month's podcast, we discuss how we worked with stakeholders at the start of the pandemic to produce evidence-based rapid guidelines for COVID-19. We chat with Fiona Glen, NICE's programme director in centre for guidelines and David Chandler, chief executive of the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (PAPAA). They talk about ensuring …

In this month's podcast, we discuss our health technology evaluation methods, processes and topic selection consultation. We chat with NICE's deputy chief executive and director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation, Meindert Boysen, and Victoria Barrett from The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. They talk about what the …

In our monthly podcast we discuss with Prof Gillian Leng, NICE chief executive, and Marie Burnham, guideline committee chair, why shared decision making is such a vital part of healthcare and the work that went into developing such an important guideline.National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) による

NICE’s recent recommendations in its guideline on the assessment and management of chronic pain have generated a lot of debate.In this episode, we talk with two member of the committee who developed the guideline recommendations.They are Cathy Stannard, a pain consultant in Gloucestershire and who was the clinical lead on the NICE chronic pain guid…

This month we discuss why everyone with an interest in what NICE does should take part in the process review consultation.We're joined by Jennifer Prescott, programme director in the centre for health technology evaluation at NICE and Eric Low, of Eric Low Consulting and the former chief executive of Myeloma UK.You can take part in the consultation…

Each NICE committee contains at least two patient or patient group representatives. In this episode we find out how NICE's Public Involvement Programme works with these lay members to support their work with NICE and discover what it's like to be a patient representative on a committee. Joining host Matthew Brown are Laura Norburn, senior operation…

How are NICE and the government working to ensure digital health technologies reach NHS patients?We speak with Lord James Bethell of Romford, the Department of Health and Social Care's minister for innovation and Meindert Boysen, NICE deputy chief executive and director of the centre for health technology evaluation.…

As 2020 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at our biggest challenges and achievements this year, and what we’re most looking forward to in the years ahead. In this episode we speak with Professor Gillian Leng, our chief executive, and our new chairman, Sharmila Nebhrajani, OBE, as they reflect on 2020 and look forward to the years ahead.…

In this episode of NICE Talks, we look at substance abuse and addiction. What can we do to prevent it, and how can we treat addiction?We speak to Professor Jim McCambridge, professor of addictive behaviours and public health at the University of York, and Dr Tim Leighton, director of professional education and research at Action on Addiction. See o…

This is a special edition of the NICE Talks podcast to celebrate the inaugural World Evidence-Based Healthcare (EBHC) Day on Tuesday 20 October 2020. NICE is an official partner for World EBHC Day and the theme of this year’s event is ‘from evidence to impact’. Dr Adriana Robayo from the Colombia Instituto de Evaluacion de Tecnologias en Salud (Ins…

2020 has been designated by the World Health Organisation as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Nursing and midwifery impact us all at some point in our lives and this year is a great opportunity to celebrate their work. We speak to Zeenath Uddin, Head of Quality and Safety at the Royal College of Midwifery, and Leanne Howlett, Service User Chair o…

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This year we've celebrated our 20th anniversary, held our annual conference in Manchester, and produced over 200 pieces of guidance and advice. With much to be proud of, in this episode of NICE Talks we'll be speaking to Sir David Haslam, Sir Andrew Dillon, Jeanette Kusel, and Dr Paul Chrisp, as they reflect on 2019 and our plans for the new year.…

In the UK, Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with 1 in 8 expected to develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. We speak to Dr Waqaar Shah, chair of the NICE prostate cancer guideline and Laura James, Clinical Services Lead, Prostate Cancer UK about the treatment and support available.Transcript on request.…

How much does family history affect the chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer and what are the early warning signs? We speak to Professor Andrew Wardley, Breast Cancer Medical Oncologist at The Christie Hospital, Manchester, and Geneva Rhodes, a current patient at The Christie and patient advocate.…

What are the early warning signs of dementia and how important is an early diagnosis? Guests include Dr Hilda Hayo, Chief Admiral Nurse and CEO of Dementia UK and Lesley Carter, Clinician lead at Age UK.You can find our guidance here:Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers - https://www.nice.org…

What is a healthy diet during pregnancy and how can we make sure our newborns have the best start in life? To find out we speak to Judith Jones who worked on our maternal and child nutrition quality standard and Orla Hugueniot, who is a senior campaign nutritionist at Public Health England.You can find our guidance here: - Maternal and child nutrit…

Sunshine helps us give that much needed vitamin D, however, too much exposure can cause sunburn and even certain skin cancers such as melanoma. How do we prevent melanoma? How do we recognise the symptoms? We speak to Dr Juber Hafiji, a consultant dermatologist and spokesperson for the British Skin foundation to learn more. We also hear from Profes…

What can we do in our community to help reduce air pollution? Does walking or cycling to school help? We speak to Dr Karen Exley from Public Health England and Joe Lindsay and Andy Cope from Sustrans to find out. For more information check out our guidance:- Air pollution: outdoor air quality and health https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng70- Physic…

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How can we effectively manage the symptoms of asthma? We speak to Professor Andrew Menzies-Gow, consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital to find out. We also hear from Dr Alistair Duff, consultant clinical psychologist at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, who explains his role in helping patients manage their asthma-related …