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Cochrane and NICE Guidelines: A view from NICE Dr Nichole Taske Centre for Clinical Practice, NICE. To cover. An outline of the NICE guideline development process; How to find out about guidelines in development; How to get involved/register interest in a particular guideline.
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Cochrane and NICE Guidelines: A view from NICE Dr Nichole Taske Centre for Clinical Practice, NICE
To cover • An outline of the NICE guideline development process; • How to find out about guidelines in development; • How to get involved/register interest in a particular guideline.
NICE clinical guideline programme • The largest publicly-funded national guidelines programme in the world • 233 guidelines published since 2002(172 new topics, 47 updates and 14 standing committee updates) • Involving over 1000 people (most on a voluntary basis) • Includes areas of public health, social care and service delivery.
Guideline Development Process Topic referral Scoping Development ~2 years Consultation Surveillance and Update Validation Publication
2. How to get involved/register interest in a guideline: - Stakeholder; - Committee member; - Guideline development; - Guideline surveillance
The scoping process • The scoping process comprises: • A pre-consultation stakeholder workshop • A 4 week consultation period with stakeholders See Chapter 2 of ‘Developing NICE Guidelines: The Manual’ http://www.nice.org.uk/article/pmg20/chapter/2-the-scope
NICE Guideline Committees • Clinicians • Researchers • Service managers • Health economists • Patients/carers
Guideline development • Ensure reviews relevant to the NHS are up-to-date • Work alongside guideline developers to provide updated Cochrane reviews; • Challenges: • Aligning timelines; • Ensuring review questions (PICO) are compatible • Stakeholder consultation on draft guideline
Updating our guidelinesKeeping up to date with new evidence Maintaining the catalogue of 233 published guidelines: • Surveillance reviews • Ability to update discrete areas of guideline
Surveillance process • Guidelines are reviewed every 2 years post-publication; • Process encompasses: • Literature review; • Topic-specific strategies (CRG liaison) • e.g. Dementia; NE; Eczema • Intelligence gathering • Stakeholder consultation (‘no to update’ decisions at 4 & 8 years only);
Thank you. Nichole.Taske@nice.org.uk