NICE Guidelines on Complementary/Alternative Medicine: More Consistency and Rigour are Needed

NICE guidelines

This presentation will outline the programme of clinical practice guidelines developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK. This programme consists of over 20 clinical guidelines and covers all the major mental disorders. The methodological challenges in its development will be described, including the limitations of the evidence base and some commonly ...

NICE guidelines on heart failure.

failure was issued to the NHS in England and Wales by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in July 2003.1 Recommendations were made covering all aspects of the care pathway, from first suspicion of the diagnosis, through chronic disease management, to end-of-life issues. The guidance is timely. Heart failure is a major problem for the NHS.2 There are at least 900,000 people liv...

[Generalists are needed more than ever].

15 If today you want to keep up with basic and clin‐ ical research, you need to concentrate on a very small field and reach tremendous depths in this very field. And, actually, life is too short to also accumulate the knowledge necessary to do mean‐ ingful scientific work even on closely related top‐ ics. Hence, specialization is inevitable not only in research; it was a prerequisite for the de...

Implementing NICE clinical guidelines on Parkinson's disease.

Implementing national guidance such as that produced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should be a priority for NHS trusts. The best way of managing successful implementation is through collaboration across the healthcare community. This helps to improve communication, ensures progress is being made and enables healthcare professionals to concentrate on the whole path...

NICE guidelines on fever in children.