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A ‘new’ NICE for health and social care

The role NICE plays in advising the NHS on how its professionals can deliver high-quality healthcare has continually grown since its establishment twelve years ago. It has diversified significantly from its original remit in 1999 to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of licensed medicines and now advises on most aspects of healthcare, including surgical procedures as well as public health. 
 
This expansion will continue next April when NICE will become responsible for developing guidance and quality standards for adult and children’s social care services in England. This additional work will be accompanied by some important changes to NICE’s organisational status but NICE’s key guidance outputs for clinical care and public health will continue as before.